Born in
Safi in
Morocco in 1932, Nahmias
emigrated to Israel in 1951. He became a member of the
Moshavim Movement Co-ordinating Committee and of the
Hevrat Ovdim secretariat. Between 1962 and 1973 he served as secretary of
Safed Workers Council, and between 1973 and 1983 served as the city's mayor. He was also a member of the Local Government central committee and was on the board of directors of the Shikun VePituah and Shikun Ovdim housing companies. In
1981 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list. He was re-elected in
1984, and was appointed Deputy
Speaker. He lost his seat in the
1988 elections. He died in 1998 at the age of 66. ==References==