Ezra Ichilov, member of the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, representing what was formerly the General Zionist Party, and a candidate for the next Knesset elections on behalf of the Liberal Party, died here today of a heart attack. He was 54.
Born in Petah Tikva, Mr. Ichilov was elected a member of that town’s Municipal Council in 1931. He was elected to the Knesset in 1951, and served as a member of the House Committee, and the Law Committee.
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