Avraham Michaeli (; born 29 March 1957) is an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the
Knesset
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for
Shas
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between 2006 and 2015.
Biography
Born in
Kulashi
Kulashi ( ka, კულაში ) is a small town (''Daba (settlement), daba'') in Imereti, Georgia (country), Georgia with a population of around 1,702 as of 2014. It is located 5 km from the town of Samtredia. It first appears in the 16th cent ...
in the
Soviet Union
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(today in
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
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) as Abraam Mikhelashvili ( ka, აბრაამ მიხელაშვილი), Michaeli made
aliyah
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to Israel on 29 June 1971.Avraham Michaeli: Particulars Knesset website He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion, and he attended
Bar-Ilan University
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where he studied law, gaining an LLB in 1984. In 2006 he was placed twelfth on the Shas list for the Knesset elections that year, and became a Knesset member after the party won 12 seats. He retained his seat in the 2009 elections, having been placed eleventh on the Shas list. He was re-elected for a third term in
2013
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2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
after again being placed eleventh on the party's list.
He was placed eighth on the Shas list for the
2015 elections
Africa
* 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015
* 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015
* 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015
* 2015 Burundian presidential election 21 July 2015
* 2015-16 Central African gene ...
, but lost his seat as the party was reduced to seven seats.Shas list Central Elections Committee
Michaeli currently lives in