Avraham "Avi" Yehezkel (; born 10 June 1958) is an

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i former politician who served as a member of the

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for the Labor Party between 1992 and 2003, and again briefly in 2006.

Biography

Avraham (Avi) Yehezkel was born in

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. He earned a BA in economics at

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and an MA in law from

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Political career

Yehezkel was first elected to the Knesset in

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and chaired the Knesset's Sports Committee. He was re-elected in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, after which he chaired the Economic Affairs Committee. After being placed 21st on the

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list (an alliance of Labor,

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and Gesher), he was re-elected for a second time in

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

. During his third term as an MK, he chaired the Public Petitions Committee and the Joint Committee for the Defense Budget. In March 2001 he was appointed Deputy

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, but left the government along with the rest of the party in November 2002. For the 2003 elections he was placed 24th on the party's list (a seat reserved for people from the

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of the country),Matan Vilnai tops Labor list; Yossi Beilin and other doves out
Haaretz, 9 December 2002 and lost his seat when they won only 19 seats. Although he re-entered the Knesset on 17 January 2006 as a replacement for

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(who left the party and resigned her seat in order to join

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), on 28 January Yehezkel resigned his seat and was replaced by Dani Koren.

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Biography

Political career

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