Born in
Tétouan,
Morocco in 1952, Dayan
emigrated to Israel in 1962. He studied at the Sha'arit Yosef
yeshiva in
Be'er Ya'akov and was certified as a rabbi. He joined
Shas in the 1980s and served as a member of
Jerusalem city council and deputy chairman of the city's Religious Council between 1983 and 1988. From 1985 until 1987 he chaired the party's Organisation Committee, and in
1988 was elected to the Knesset on the party's list. He was appointed a Deputy
Speaker and sat on several committees until losing his seat in the
1992 elections. In 2008 Dayan was convicted of fraud and forgery and sentenced to four months of community service. ==See also==