Avraham "Avi" Yehezkel ( he, אברהם "אבי" יחזקאל, born 10 June 1958) is a former

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i politician who served as a member of the

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for the Labor Party between 1992 and 2003, and again briefly in 2006.

Biography

Avraham (Avi) Yehezkel was born in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

. He earned a BA in economics at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

and an MA in law from

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...

Political career

Yehezkel was first elected to the Knesset in

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and chaired the Knesset's Sports Committee. He was re-elected in

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, after which he chaired the Economic Affairs Committee. After being placed 21st on the

One Israel One Israel ( he, ישראל אחת, ''Yisrael Ahat'') was an alliance of the Labor Party, Meimad and Gesher created to run for the 1999 Knesset elections. Background One Israel was formed by Labor leader Ehud Barak in the run-up to the 199 ...

list (an alliance of Labor,

Meimad Meimad ( he, מימד, an acronym for ''Medina Yehudit, Medina Demokratit'' (), lit., ''Jewish State, Democratic State'') is a moderate to left-wing religious Zionist political party in Israel. Founded in 1999, it is based on the ideology of the ...

and Gesher), he was re-elected for a second time in

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. During his third term as an MK, he chaired the Public Petitions Committee and the Joint Committee for the Defense Budget. In March 2001 he was appointed Deputy

Minister of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government agen ...

, but left the government along with the rest of the party in November 2002. For the 2003 elections he was placed 24th on the party's list (a seat reserved for people from the

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of the country),Matan Vilnai tops Labor list; Yossi Beilin and other doves out
Haaretz, 9 December 2002 and lost his seat when they won only 19 seats. Although he re-entered the Knesset on 17 January 2006 as a replacement for

Dalia Itzik Dalia Itzik ( he, דליה איציק ''Dalya Itsik''; born 20 October 1952) is a former Israeli politician who last served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 beca ...

(who left the party and resigned her seat in order to join

Kadima Kadima ( he, קדימה, lit=''Forward'') was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely following the implementation of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan ...

), on 28 January Yehezkel resigned his seat and was replaced by

Dani Koren Prof. Dani Koren ( he, דני קורן, born 12 February 1945) is a former Israeli politician who briefly served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party in 2006. Biography The son of politician Yitzhak Coren, Dani studied at the Hebrew U ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yehezkel, Avi 1958 births People from Tel Aviv Tel Aviv University alumni Bar-Ilan University alumni Israeli economists Living people One Israel politicians Israeli Labor Party politicians Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996) Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999) Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003) Members of the 16th Knesset (2003–2006) Deputy ministers of Israel

Biography

Political career

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