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Yossi Sarid was born on 24 October, 1940 in Rehovot, Mandatory Palestine, is an Israeli politician (1940–2015). Discover Yossi Sarid's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 24 October 1940
Birthday 24 October
Birthplace Rehovot, Mandatory Palestine
Date of death 4 December, 2015
Died Place Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality Israel

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1940

Yossi Sarid (יוסי שריד‎; 24 October 1940 – 4 December 2015) was an Israeli politician and news commentator.

1973

He was first elected to the Knesset in 1973 on the Alignment list.

1974

He served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment, Ratz and Meretz between 1974 and 2006.

1977

He was re-elected in 1977, 1981 and 1984.

1984

After the Alignment agreed to join a national unity government with Likud in 1984, Sarid left the party on 22 October to join Shulamit Aloni's Ratz.

1988

He was re-elected on the Ratz list in 1988.

1992

In 1992, Ratz merged with Shinui and Mapam to form Meretz.

The new party won 12 seats in the elections that year and joined Yitzhak Rabin's coalition.

1995

Sarid was appointed Minister of the Environment, a position he kept when Shimon Peres formed a new government after Rabin's assassination in 1995.

1996

A former Minister of Education and Minister of the Environment, he led Meretz between 1996 and 2003 and served as Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003.

Known for his determined moral stance and his willingness to pay the political price for that determination, Sarid was often referred to as Israel's moral compass.

Yosef (Yossi) Sarid was born in Rehovot, Sarid served in the Artillery Corps and as a Military Correspondent during his national service in the IDF.

He earned an MA in political science from New School for Social Research in New York City.

He was a resident of Margaliyot in the Upper Galilee.

Sarid was married to Dorit, with whom he had three children, including the writer Yishai Sarid.

In 1996, Sarid replaced Aloni as Meretz leader.

Although the Labor Party won the most seats in elections that year, Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu won the special election for Prime Minister and formed a right-wing government.

1999

Sarid was reelected as leader of Meretz in 1999.

In the 1999 Knesset election, Meretz won 10 seats.

Although Sarid had vowed not to join a coalition that included the ultra-Orthodox Shas, Ehud Barak persuaded Sarid to join the government, making him Minister of Education.

Sarid explained the breaking of his vow in the need to promote the peace process.

2000

However, in 2000 Sarid resigned from the government and Meretz quit the coalition after failing to agree on authority to be given for Shas deputy minister of education.

2003

In the 2003 elections, Meretz was reduced to 6 seats, after which Sarid resigned as party leader, to be replaced by Yossi Beilin.

2006

He remained a member of the Knesset until the 2006 elections, when Meretz was reduced to 5 seats, after which he retired from politics, a plan he had announced the previous year.

2009

In 2009, Meretz's presence was further reduced to three seats in the Knesset.

Sarid wrote a weekly column for Haaretz newspaper.

2015

He died on the evening of 4 December 2015 from an apparent heart attack.

He is buried in Kibbutz Givat Hashlosha cemetery, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.

Sarid worked as a media aide to Prime Minister Levi Eshkol.