Eliezer Mizrahi ( he, אליעזר מזרחי, born 19 April 1945) is an Israeli former 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 ...

between 1988 and 1992, and as Deputy

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ...

from 1990 until 1992.

Biography

Born in

Rehovot Rehovot ( he, רְחוֹבוֹת ''Rəḥōvōt'', ar, رحوڤوت ''Reḥūfūt'') is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu movement, ...

during the Mandate era, Mizrahi's father Ya'akov was an Agudat Yisrael politician. He was educated the

Chabad Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic group ...

-run

Tomchei Temimim Tomchei Tmimim ( he, תומכי תמימים, "supporters of the complete-wholesome ones") is the central Yeshiva (Talmudical academy) of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Founded in 1897 in the town of Lubavitch by Rabbi Sholom Do ...

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. He worked as a diamond polisher. In

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he was elected to the Knesset on the

Agudat Yisrael Agudat Yisrael ( he, אֲגוּדָּת יִשְׂרָאֵל, lit., ''Union of Israel'', also transliterated ''Agudath Israel'', or, in Yiddish, ''Agudas Yisroel'') is a Haredi Jewish political party in Israel. It began as a political party re ...

list. He was involved in the dirty trick in 1990, which resulted in him breaking away from the party to establish a new faction,

Geulat Yisrael Geulat Israel () was a short-lived Haredi political party in Israel in the early 1990s. Background The party was established on 25 December 1990 when Eliezer Mizrahi broke away from Agudat Yisrael.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 ...

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, and was appointed Deputy Minister of Health on 25 June.Twelfth Knesset: Government 24
Knesset website He lost his seat in the 1992 elections after the party failed to cross the electoral threshold. He later joined

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 ...

and was placed thirty-fifth on the party's list for the 1996 elections, but failed to win a seat.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mizrahi, Eliezer 1945 births Israeli Jews People from Rehovot Jews in Mandatory Palestine Leaders of political parties in Israel Living people Agudat Yisrael politicians Likud politicians Geulat Yisrael politicians Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–1992) Deputy ministers of Israel