Efraim Gur (; born 1 September 1955) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the

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between 1988 and 1996, and as Deputy Minister of Communications and Deputy Minister of Transportation in the early 1990s.

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Born Eprem Gorelishvili in

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in the

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of the

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in 1955, Gur emigrated to Israel in 1972, and worked as an insurance agent. He joined the Labor Party, becoming secretary of its

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branch. He also served as deputy mayor of the city and as chair of the Ashdod Zionist Council. In 1988 he was elected to the Knesset on the

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list (of which the Labor Party was the major component). However, following the dirty trick incident in 1990, he left the party to establish

Unity for Peace and Immigration Unity for Peace and Immigration (, ''Ahdut LeMa'an HaShalom VeHaAliya'') was a short-lived one man political faction in Israel in the early 1990s. Background The faction was formed on 25 December 1990 when Efraim Gur broke away from the Alignmen ...

, and joined

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-led government. He was rewarded by being appointed Deputy Minister of Communications on 2 July, before becoming Deputy Minister of Transportation on 20 November. Shortly before the 1992 elections Gur merged his faction into Likud, and was re-elected. On 7 March 1996 he left Likud and sat out the remainder of the term as an independent.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website He re-established his party to run in the May elections, renaming it Unity for the Defence of New Immigrants. However, it failed to cross the electoral threshold and he lost his seat. He has served as chairman of the Union of Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gur, Efraim 1955 births Soviet Jews Jews from Georgia (country) Soviet emigrants to Israel Leaders of political parties in Israel Living people Likud politicians Alignment (Israel) politicians Unity for Peace and Immigration politicians Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–1992) Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996) Israeli people of Georgian-Jewish descent Deputy ministers of Israel 20th-century Jews from Georgia (country)

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