Lamdan Hana
Main achievement
Politician from Israel. She was elected to the Knesset in the years (1949-1955, 1957-1961, 1962-1965).
About
Hana Lamdan (née Lerner) was a prominent Israeli politician, active in the public administration and politics of the State of Israel. Born on January 5, 1905, in the village of Shirivtsi in Bessarabia (today Ukraine), she immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1926, where she joined the Zionist socialist movement Hashomer Hatzair and became an activist within the Histadrut labor union. She was elected as a Member of Knesset for several terms (1949-1955, 1957-1961, 1962-1965), representing left-wing parties such as Mapam, Mapai, and Rafi, later led by David Ben-Gurion. Among her notable achievements are leading the Working Women's department in the Tel Aviv Workers' Council (1937-1940) and initiating legislative reforms for workers' rights and the integration of people with disabilities. She collaborated with key institutions of Israeli society, including the Tel Aviv workers' council, where she was a member of the secretariat of the Working Women's Council (1944-1949), and the Israeli parliament, where she served on the Labor, Finance, and Public Services committees. She led the first parliamentary inquiry committee in Israel's history in 1951, concerning prisoners in the Jalame camp, and served as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. Her political career was marked by transitions between factions: she left Mapam in 1953 to form an independent faction with David Livschitz, then joined Mapai in 1954, and in 1965, she helped establish the Rafi party. Hana Lamdan's personal life was intertwined with social and family commitment; she married Ţvi Lamdan (Lerner) in 1926, with whom she had a daughter, Michal, and a son, Hen Lamdan, who later founded the Lamdan holding company, a group of businesses in logistics and real estate. She worked as an industrial worker until 1949 and continued to advocate for women's and workers' rights after retiring from the Knesset. She passed away on April 10, 1995, in Holon, Israel, at the age of 90, leaving a legacy in the fight for equality in the emerging Israeli administration.
