Efraim Gur ( he, אפרים גור, born 1 September 1955) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the

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between 1988 and 1996, and as Deputy Minister of Communications and Deputy

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in the early 1990s.

Biography

Born Eprem Gorelishvili ( ka, ეფრემ გორელიშვილი) in

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in the

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

of the

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in 1955, Gur made

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

to Israel in 1972, and worked as an insurance agent. He joined the Labor Party, becoming secretary of its

Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...

branch. He also served as deputy mayor of the city and as chair of the Ashdod Zionist Council. In

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he was elected to the Knesset on the

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list (of which the Labor Party was the major component). However, following

the dirty trick The dirty trick ( he, התרגיל המסריח, ''HaTargil HaMasriaḥ'', lit. the stinking trick) refers to a political scandal that erupted in Israel in 1990. It referred to an attempt by Shimon Peres to form a government made up of the left-win ...

incident in 1990, he left the party to establish

Unity for Peace and Immigration Unity for Peace and Immigration ( he, אחדות למען השלום והעלייה, ''Ahdut LeMa'an HaShalom VeHaAliya'') was a short-lived one man political faction in Israel in the early 1990s. Background The faction was formed on 25 December 1 ...

, and joined

Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Shamir ( he, יצחק שמיר, ; born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983–1984 and 1986–1992. Before the establishment ...

Likud Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon ...

-led government. He was rewarded by being appointed Deputy Minister of Communications on 2 July, before becoming Deputy Minister of Transportation on 20 November. Shortly before the 1992 elections Gur merged his faction into Likud, and was re-elected. On 7 March 1996 he left Likud and sat out the remainder of the term as an independent.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website He re-established his party to run in the May elections, renaming it Unity for the Defence of New Immigrants. However, it failed to cross the electoral threshold and he lost his seat. He has served as chairman of the Union of Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gur, Efraim 1955 births Soviet Jews Jews from Georgia (country) Soviet emigrants to Israel Zionists Leaders of political parties in Israel Living people Likud politicians Alignment (Israel) politicians Unity for Peace and Immigration politicians Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–1992) Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996) Israeli people of Georgian-Jewish descent Deputy ministers of Israel

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