Ya'akov Frank

For the 18th century religious leader, see Jacob Frank.

Ya'akov Frank (Hebrew: יעקב פרנק; 12 March 1913 – 10 July 1993) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1975 and 1977.

Ya'akov Frank
Frank during the 1970s
Faction represented in the Knesset
1975–1977	Alignment
Personal details
Born	12 March 1913 Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died	10 July 1993(1993-07-10) (aged 80)

Biography

Born in Jerusalem during the Ottoman era, Frank received a high school education. He later served as chairman of the Association of Craftsmen.

He was on the Alignment list for the 1973 Knesset elections, but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 12 August 1975 as a replacement for the deceased Pinchas Sapir.^[1] He sat on the Economic Affairs Committee and the State Control Committee, before losing his seat in the 1977 elections.

He died in 1993 at the age of 80.