Dr Boaz Moav ( he, בועז מואב, 3 April 1938 – 16 January 2002) was an Israeli academic, politician and activist.

Biography

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 ...

during the Mandate era, Moav was a member of HaNoar HaOved youth movement. He attended

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 the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

, where he was awarded a PhD in microbiology. He later worked as a lecturer at Tel Aviv University and was a member of the board of the Malraz environmental organisation. Formerly a member of

Mapai Mapai ( he, מַפָּא"י, an acronym for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', lit. "Workers' Party of the Land of Israel") was a democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger in ...

, Moav was amongst the founders of Ratz in 1973. He was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in the elections later that year. He served as deputy chairman of the party's directorate and head of its Citizens Complaints bureau.Boaz Moav: Public Activities
Knesset website He lost his seat in the 1977 elections when the party was reduced to a single seat. He died in 2002 at the age of 63.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moav, Boaz 1938 births 2002 deaths People from Tel Aviv Jews in Mandatory Palestine Jewish socialists Tel Aviv University alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni Academic staff of Tel Aviv University Israeli activists Mapai politicians Ratz (political party) politicians Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement politicians Members of the 8th Knesset (1974–1977)