Assaf Yaguri ( he, אסף יגורי, 13 February 1931 – 18 March 2000) was an Israeli soldier and politician who served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

for the

Democratic Movement for Change The Democratic Movement for Change (, ''Tnu'a Demokratit LeShinui''), commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Dash (), was a short-lived and initially highly successful centrist political party in Israel. Formed in 1976 by numerous well-known non-pol ...

and Ya'ad between 1977 and 1981.

Biography

Born in

Yagur Yagur ( he, יָגוּר) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the northeastern slopes of Mount Carmel, about 9 km southeast of Haifa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In it had a population of , making it ...

during the Mandate era, Yaguri was a member of the central committee of the HaNoar HaOved youth movement, and was also a member of the

Kibbutz HaMeuhad The Kibbutz Movement ( he, התנועה הקיבוצית, ''HaTnu'a HaKibbutzit'') is the largest settlement movement (Israel), settlement movement for kibbutzim in Israel. It was formed in 1999 by a partial merger of the United Kibbutz Movement a ...

youth section. He became treasurer of Yagur, and joined the civil service, eventually becoming responsible for trade in the

Israel Port Authority The Israel Ports Authority (רשות הספנות והנמלים) is the governmental agency which supervises and regulates the operation of Israel's seaports in Haifa, Ashdod and Eilat. It is located in Tel Aviv. History The authority was set u ...

. He went on to become director of Tourist Development in southern

Sinai Sinai commonly refers to: * Sinai Peninsula, Egypt * Mount Sinai, a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt * Biblical Mount Sinai, the site in the Bible where Moses received the Law of God Sinai may also refer to: * Sinai, South Dakota, a place ...

and was director of the Neve Midbar Caravan in

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and the Village Vacations Company. During the

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egy ...

he commanded a tank battalion in Sinai, and was captured by the Egyptian Army. He was released after 46 days in a prisoner exchange. In 1977 he joined the new Democratic Movement for Change and was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in the

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later that year. When the party split the following year he created a new single-man faction, Ya'ad.Mergers and Splits amongst Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website He lost his seat in the 1981 elections as Ya'ad won only 1,228 votes. He died in 2000 at the age of 69.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yaguri, Assaf 1931 births 2000 deaths People from Yagur Israeli civil servants Israeli soldiers Democratic Movement for Change politicians Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement politicians Jews in Mandatory Palestine Members of the 9th Knesset (1977–1981) Israeli prisoners of war