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Yossi Sarid
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| Ministerial roles | |
| 1992–1996 | Minister of the Environment |
| 1999–2000 | Minister of Education |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1974–1984 | Alignment |
| 1984–1992 | Ratz |
| 1992–2006 | Meretz |
| Other roles | |
| 2001–2002 | Leader of the Opposition |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 October 1940 Rehovot, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 4 December 2015 (aged 75) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Yossi Sarid (Hebrew: יוסי שריד; born October 24, 1940 – died December 4, 2015) was an important Israeli politician and a well-known news writer. He was a member of the Knesset, which is like Israel's parliament, for many years. He served from 1974 to 2006.
Sarid was a leader in different political parties, including the Alignment, Ratz, and Meretz. He also held important government jobs. He was the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Education. From 1996 to 2003, he led the Meretz party. He was also the Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003. Many people saw Yossi Sarid as a strong voice for what was right in Israel.
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About Yossi Sarid
Yosef Sarid, known as Yossi, was born in Rehovot, a city in Israel. When he was young, he served in the IDF, which is Israel's army. He worked in the Artillery Corps and as a military reporter.
Later, he studied political science and earned a master's degree from the New School for Social Research in New York City. He lived in a place called Margaliyot in northern Israel.
Yossi Sarid was married to Dorit, and they had three children. One of his children, Yishai Sarid, became a writer. Yossi Sarid passed away on December 4, 2015, due to a heart attack. He is buried in a cemetery near Tel Aviv.
Yossi Sarid's Political Journey
Yossi Sarid started his career helping Prime Minister Levi Eshkol with media. This experience helped him learn about government and public communication.
Joining the Knesset
Sarid was first elected to the Knesset in 1973. He was part of a political group called the Alignment. He was re-elected several times in the years that followed. In 1984, the Alignment party decided to join a government with another big party, Likud. Sarid disagreed with this decision. He left the Alignment and joined a different party called Ratz, led by Shulamit Aloni. He continued to be elected to the Knesset with Ratz.
Leading Meretz and Government Roles
In 1992, Ratz joined with two other parties, Shinui and Mapam, to form a new party called Meretz. This new party did well in the elections that year. Meretz joined the government led by Yitzhak Rabin. Sarid was given an important job as the Minister of the Environment. He kept this role when Shimon Peres became Prime Minister after Rabin's death in 1995.
In 1996, Yossi Sarid became the leader of the Meretz party. Even though his party did well, the Likud party leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, became Prime Minister. This meant Meretz was not part of the government at that time.
Sarid was re-elected as Meretz leader in 1999. In the elections that year, Meretz won 10 seats in the Knesset. Sarid had previously said he would not join a government that included a certain ultra-Orthodox party. However, Ehud Barak convinced him to join the government. Sarid explained that he joined to help move forward with peace efforts. He became the Minister of Education.
In 2000, Sarid resigned from the government. Meretz also left the government because of disagreements over how much power a deputy minister from another party would have in education.
Retirement from Politics
In the 2003 elections, Meretz won fewer seats. After this, Sarid stepped down as the party leader. Yossi Beilin took over his role. Sarid remained a member of the Knesset until the 2006 elections. He had announced his plan to retire from politics the year before.
After leaving politics, Yossi Sarid continued to share his thoughts and opinions. He wrote a weekly column for Haaretz newspaper, which is a major newspaper in Israel.
