Shaul Gutman ( he, שאול גוטמן, born 9 September 1945) is an Israeli academic and former politician.

Biography

Born in

Be'erot Yitzhak Be'erot Yitzhak ( he, בְּאֵרוֹת יִצְחָק, ''lit.'' Yitzhak Wells) is a religious kibbutz in central Israel. Located near Yehud, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In it had a population of . Histor ...

during the Mandate era, Gutman grew up 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, ...

and studied at the Technion and

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, before returning to the Technion as a professor. In

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he was elected to the Knesset on the

Moledet Moledet ( he, מולדת, ''Homeland'') was a minor right-wing political party in Israel. History Moledet was established by Rehavam Ze'evi in 1988. It won two seats in the Knesset elections later that year, taken by Ze'evi and Yair Sprinzak. ...

list. However, he left the party on 24 July 1995 to establish

Yamin Yisrael Yamin Yisrael ( he, ימין ישראל, lit. ''Right Israel'') was a minor right-wing List of political parties in Israel, political party in Israel. Background The party was founded on 24 July 1995 when Shaul Gutman broke away from Moledet. It ...

.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website He lost his seat when the party failed to cross the electoral threshold in the 1996 elections.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutman, Shaul 1945 births Kibbutzniks Jews in Mandatory Palestine Israeli academics Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Academic staff of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Leaders of political parties in Israel Living people Moledet politicians Yamin Yisrael politicians Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996) People from Rehovot