Alex Goldfarb (; born 1 June 1947) is a former Israeli politician.

Early life

Alexander Goldfarb was born in

Seini Seini (German language, German: ''Leuchtenburg''; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Szinérváralja'') is a town in Maramureș County, Romania. It administers two villages, Săbișa (''Kissebespatak'') and Viile Apei (''Apahegy''). It officially b ...

, Romania, and

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to Israel in 1963. After his military service he worked as an independent building contractor and a certified electrician. Later he worked for the

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and became active in the workers union. Alongside his employment he studied business management at the Israeli College of Management.

Political career

In 1992, Goldfarb ran in the

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on the

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party list. In February 1994, he left the party along with

Esther Salmovitz Esther Salmovitz (; born 8 April 1948) is an Israeli lawyer and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 1996. Biography Born in Carei,Romania in 1948, Salmovitz immigrated to Israel in 1950. After high school s ...

and

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to establish

Yiud Yiud () was a small short-lived political faction in Israel in the mid-1990s. Background The faction was formed on 7 February 1994 during the 13th Knesset when three MKs, Alex Goldfarb, Esther Salmovitz and Gonen Segev broke away from Tzome ...

.Mergers and Splits amongst Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website The new party joined the administration of

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; , ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, his ass ...

and Goldfarb was appointed Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction. When Rabin's government needed his support in order to approve the second Oslo agreements, which were brought to the government for ratification. Goldfarb promised the necessary majority but only after he was promised a

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and a driver, The outcome of the vote was 61 to 59. On 27 November 1995, Goldfarb and Salmovitz left Yiud to establish

Atid Atid (, ) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the village of Inlăceni, which is administ ...

. The party did not run in the

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and Goldfarb lost his seat. He later joined the Labor Party and was later appointed to a position linked to the security industry by then-

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Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Binyamin "Fuad" Ben-Eliezer (, ; 12 February 1936 – 28 August 2016) was an Iraqi-born Israeli politician and general. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1984 and 2014, and held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Indust ...

. After the Knesset and government, Goldfarb established a private company. He considered a run for Mayor of

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in 2007. In 2009 he ran for Mayor of nearby

Beer Tuvia Be'er Tuvia (, ''Be'er Toviya'', "Tuvia's Well") is a moshav in the Southern District of Israel. Located near the city of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In its population was . History In 1887, ...

but lost to Mayor Dror Shor who was reelected.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldfarb, Alex (politician) 1947 births Living people People from Seini Jewish Romanian politicians Romanian emigrants to Israel Israeli electricians Tzomet politicians Yiud politicians Atid (political party) politicians Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996) Deputy ministers of Israel