In 1977 he was elected to the Knesset on the NRP list. Towards the end of the Knesset term he left the party to join Aharon Abuhatzira's breakaway faction, Tami, which was largely composed of Sephardi Jews. He was re-elected on the Tami list, and was appointed Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Welfare when Tami joined the government.[1] He remained in government until losing his seat in the 1984 elections.