Shachiv Shnaan is an Israeli-Druze politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Independence.
11 Facts About Shachiv Shnaan
1.
2.
Shachiv Shnaan was appointed as an advisor to Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Saleh Tarif.
3.
Shachiv Shnaan held this position between 1997 and 2001, and was later appointed as the administrator of the Northern District for the Ministry of Labor and Welfare.
4.
Shachiv Shnaan was director of the district's branch of the Ministry of Welfare.
5.
In 2006, Shachiv Shnaan nominated himself for the Labor Party's list of candidates for the 2006 elections.
6.
Shachiv Shnaan was elected to the slot reserved for a Druze representative, 20th on the party's list, and entered the Knesset on 28 May 2008, following the resignation of Efraim Sneh.
7.
Shachiv Shnaan was a member of the Education, Culture and Sports Committee.
8.
Shachiv Shnaan subsequently joined the breakaway Independence party, and returned to the Knesset on 14 February 2012 as a replacement for Matan Vilnai, who had been appointed as ambassador to China.
9.
Shachiv Shnaan lost his Knesset seat in 2013 after Independence chose not to contend in the elections.
10.
In October 2017, Shachiv Shnaan addressed a convention of the Arab-Jewish coexistence organization "Women Wage Peace" in Jerusalem.
11.
In late July 2018, Shachiv Shnaan took part in a delegation of Druze politicians and community leaders in a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several cabinet ministers.