Mohammad Barakeh, Member of

Particulars Date of Birth: 25 July 1955 Place of Birth: Residence: Shafar Amr Family Status: Married Number of Children: 3

Contact Information Telephone: +972-2-6408420/ -972-2-6408419 Mobile: +972-50-5288681 Fax: +972-2-6408911 Email: [email protected]

Profession Member of Knesset, General Secretary, Movement

Education Mathematics, University of

Languages English, Arabic, Hebrew

Knesset Terms Knesset 15 07.06.1999 – 17.02.2003 Knesset 16 17.02.2003 – 17.04.2006 Knesset 17 17.04.2006 – 24.02.2009 Knesset 18 24.02.2009

Knesset Presidium Knesset 16 Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Knesset 17 Deputy Speaker of the Knesset

Committees Knesset 15 Member, Subcommittee for the Commissioner of Future Generations Member, Joint Committee for Automobile Insurance Arrangements Alternate Member, Special Committee for the Emergency Economic Plan Bill Member, Special Committee for Discussion of the Security Service Law Member, Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Social Disparity Member, House Committee Member, Finance Committee Member, Committee on Drug Abuse Member, Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Traffic Accidents Member, Joint Committee for the Knesset Budget Member, Special Committee for Legislation in matters of Communications

Knesset 16 Member, Committee for the Second Authority for Television Radio Member, Finance Committee Member, Education, Culture, and Sports Committee Member, Committee on Drug Abuse

Knesset 17 Alternate Member, Education, Culture, and Sports Committee Member, House Committee Member, Finance Committee Member, Public Petitions Committee

Knesset 18 Chairperson, Committee on Drug Abuse* Member, Education, Culture, and Sports Committee*

Knesset Lobbies Knesset 16 Chairperson, Municipal Lobby Member, Environmental Lobby

Knesset 17 Member, Social-Environmental Lobby Member, Lobby for contending with rare genetic diseases

Knesset 18 Member, Lobby for contending with rare genetic diseases* Board Member, Municipal Lobby *

Other Knesset Roles Knesset 15 Hadash Parliamentary Group Chairperson Knesset 16 Hadash-Ta’al Parliamentary Group Chairperson Knesset 17 Hadash Parliamentary Group Chairperson

Parliamentary Groups Knesset 15 Hadash Knesset 16 Hadash-Ta’al, Hadash Knesset 17 Hadash Knesset 18 Hadash

Public Activities Chairperson, Arab Student Committee, University of Tel Aviv Chairperson, National Unity of Arab Students in Israel Jewish-Arab Campus Movement Member of Israel Communist Party Bureau General Secretary, Hadash Movement Coordinator, Committee for the Protection of Arab Lands in Israel Member, Management of Al-Ittihad Newspaper Member, Management of the Emil Touma Research Institute Member, Central International Council for Peace in the Middle East Chairperson, Hadash Movement*

Publications Articles in Al-Ittihad Newspaper

* Current Roles