Asher Felix Landau

• Was born on July 28, 1911, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• In 1931 he received a bachelor's degree in law.
• In 1933 he received a master's degree in law.
• In 1934 he began practicing law as a member of the "Bar" in Johannesburg.
• Between 1939-1941 Served in the infantry in the South African army.
  After that, he served as chief legal officer in South Africa, the Middle East and the Far East.
• Between the years 1953-1945 he practiced law in Johannesburg.
• He was active in the Zionist movement in South Africa and in various Jewish institutions.
• In 1953 he immigrated to Israel.
  In 1955 he was appointed as first deputy state attorney.
• In 1962 he was appointed as a judge in the District Court in Jerusalem.
• He served as a member of the advisory committee of the Leopold Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir, as a member of the Israeli Society for the United Nations and as the chairman of the Public Council for the Advancement of Youth in Jerusalem.
• In 1976 he was appointed  as president on duty of the Jerusalem District Court.
  In 1976 he was appointed as acting president of the Jerusalem District Court.
• 1977 appointed as president of the District Court in Jerusalem.
• Served as chairman of the appeals committee under the Public Service Law and of the General Claims Tribunal under the Compensation Ordinance.
• Between the years 1981-1986 he served as chairman of the Appeals Committee under the Law on the Disabled and as chairman of the Appeals Committee under the Law of Families of Soldiers Who Died in the Battle.
• Between the years 1983-1984 served as chairman of the appeals committee according to the property tax and compensation fund regulations and chairman of the court for general claims according to the compensation ordinance.
• Between 1983-1986 he served as chairman of the appeals committee according to the customs agents law.
• Between 1982-1987 Served as chairman of appeal committees according to the Real Estate Appreciation Tax Law.
• On 01/01/1981 he retired from office.
• Passed away on 1/1/2002. 

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