Alex Goldfarb ( he, אלכס גולדפרב, born 1 June 1947) is a former Israeli politician.
Early life
Alexander Goldfarb was born in
Seini, Romania, and
emigrated to Israel in 1963. After his military service he worked as an independent building contractor and a certified electrician. Later he worked for the
Israel Electric Corporation and became active in the workers union. Alongside his employment he studied business management at the Israeli
College of Management.
Political career
In 1992, Goldfarb ran in the
Israeli legislative elections on the
Tzomet party list. In February 1994, he left the party along with
Esther Salmovitz and
Gonen Segev to establish
Yiud.
[Mergers and Splits amongst Parliamentary Groups]
Knesset website The new party joined the administration of
Yitzhak Rabin and Goldfarb was appointed Deputy
Minister of Housing and Construction.
When Rabin's government needed his support in order to approve the
second Oslo agreements, which were brought to the government for ratification. Goldfarb promised the necessary majority but only after he was promised a
Mitsubishi
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and a driver, The outcome of the vote was 61 to 59.
On 27 November 1995, Goldfarb and Salmovitz left Yiud to establish
Atid.
The party did not run in the
1996 elections
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and Goldfarb lost his seat. He later joined the
Labor Party and was later appointed to a position linked to the security industry by then-
Minister of Defense
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,
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer.
After the Knesset and government, Goldfarb established a private company. He considered a run for Mayor of Ashkelon in 2007. In 2009 he ran for Mayor of nearby Beer Tuvia. Mayor Dror Shor was reelected.
References
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1947 births
Living people
People from Seini
Romanian Jews
Romanian emigrants to Israel
Israeli electricians
Tzomet politicians
Yiud politicians
Atid (political party) politicians
Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996)
Deputy ministers of Israel