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{{Short description|Israeli politician (1924–2010)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dov Shilansky
| native_name = {{Nobold|{{Script/Hebrew|דב שילנסקי}}}}
| native_name_lang = he
| image = Dov Shilansky (00320353).jpg
| caption=
| birth_date = 21 March 1924
| birth_place = [[Šiauliai]], [[Lithuania]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|12|9|1924|3|21|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]
| office1 = [[List of Knesset speakers|Speaker of the Knesset]]
| term1 = 1988–1992
| suboffice2 = [[Likud]]
| office2 = Faction represented in the [[Knesset]]
| subterm2 = 1977–1996
}}

'''Dov Shilansky''' ({{langx|he|דב שילנסקי}}; 21 March 1924 – 9 December 2010) was an Israeli lawyer, politician and [[List of Knesset speakers|Speaker of the Knesset]] from 1988 to 1992.

==Biography==
Dov Shilansky (born Berelis Šilianskis) was born in [[Šiauliai]], [[Lithuania]]. He survived [[The Holocaust]] along with his three siblings and mother, and joined the [[Irgun]], operating as the leader of the organisation's branch in southern Italy. He made [[aliyah]] in 1948, arriving in Israel on the ''[[Altalena]]'', and served as a combat officer in the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]]. He continued to serve as a reservist, fighting in the [[Six-Day War|Six-Day]] and [[Yom Kippur War]]s. Between 1970 and 1974, he was an executive officer in "Haga" (Civil Defense) in [[Gush Dan]], and until 1989 was an educational officer.

In October 1952, Shilansky was arrested while attempting to bring a suitcase bomb into the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Accused of being a member of an unnamed underground organization opposed to Israeli-German reparations negotiations, he was sentenced to two years in prison.<ref name="AJC">[http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1954_14_Israel.pdf American Jewish Yearbook, Vol. 55 (1954), p.346]</ref>

He gained an LL.B from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] and worked as an attorney as well as becoming a member of the Ethics Committee of the Israel Bar Association and the International Organization of Jewish Law Professionals.

Shilansky died in [[Tel Aviv]] on 9 December 2010, at the age of 86.<ref>[http://www.blnz.com/news/2010/12/09/Ex-Israeli_parliament_speaker_Shilansky_dead_e198.html Ex-Israeli parliament speaker Shilansky dead at 86] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708014328/http://www.blnz.com/news/2010/12/09/Ex-Israeli_parliament_speaker_Shilansky_dead_e198.html |date=8 July 2011 }} Bay Ledger, 9 December 2010</ref>

==Political career==
[[File:Dov Shilansky tombstone.JPG|thumb|Grave of Dov Shilansky]]
In 1977 he was elected to the [[Knesset]] as a member of [[Likud]], and was appointed the Knesset representative on the Committee for the Appointment of Judges. He was re-elected in 1981 and was made Deputy Minister in the Ministry in the Prime Minister's Office.

After retaining his seat again in 1984 and then in 1988, he was appointed Speaker of the Knesset. After the [[1992 Israeli legislative election|1992 elections]] he served as Deputy Speaker. In 1993 he was a candidate for [[President of Israel|President]], but was defeated by [[Ezer Weizman]] by 66 to 53.<ref>[https://www.knesset.gov.il/president/eng/previous_vote_frame_eng.htm Previous Presidential Elections] Knesset website</ref> He lost his seat in the [[1996 Israeli legislative election|1996 elections]], but was usually included in the ceremonial 120th slot in Likud's election lists.<ref name="JP">[https://archive.today/20130706010222/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1135696362149&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull 'Ridiculous' Likud plan would bar Sharansky, not just Feiglin] Jerusalem Post, 29 December 2005</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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