Shraga Goren (; 1898 – 12 June 1972) was an Israeli politician.

Biography

Born Shraga Gorohovsky in

Makariv Makariv () is a rural settlement in Bucha Raion, in Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Makariv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population of the settlement is , down from 12,042 in 2001. ...

in the

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(today in

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), Goren studied in a

heder A ''cheder'' (, lit. 'room'; Yiddish pronunciation: ''khéyder'') is a traditional primary school teaching the basics of Judaism and the Hebrew language. History ''Cheders'' were widely found in Europe before the end of the 18th century. L ...

and a high school in Kiev. He also attended the

University of Kiev The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (; also known as Kyiv University, Shevchenko University, or KNU) is a public university in Kyiv, Ukraine. The university is the third-oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and ...

, but did not finish his studies. In 1913 he joined Tzeiri Zion, and the following year became a member of the Time to Build commune. In 1917 he was one of the founding members of Dror. He also joined the

Jewish Legion The Jewish Legion was a series of battalions of Jewish soldiers who served in the British Army during the First World War. Some participated in the British conquest of Palestine from the Ottomans. The formation of the battalions had several ...

. In 1921 he

emigrated Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanentl ...

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine was a British Empire, British geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the Palestine (region), region of Palestine, and after 1922, under the terms of the League of Nations's Mandate for Palestine. After ...

, where he was amongst the founders of

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's first planning group. He worked in the Office of Public Works and Building, and became one of the heads of the

Solel Boneh Solel Boneh (, lit. ''Paving and Building'') is the oldest, and one of the largest, construction and civil engineering companies in Israel. History During British rule (1921–1948) Solel Boneh was founded in 1921 in British-ruled Palestine, ...

construction company. Between 1924 and 1929 he served as chairman of the transportation co-operative and of the co-operatives centre. In 1949 he was elected to the first Knesset on the

Mapai Mapai (, an abbreviation for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', ) was a Labor Zionist and democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in January ...

list, and served on the Economic Affairs committee and the Labour committee. He lost his seat in the 1951 elections. He died on 12 June 1972.

Biography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goren, Shraga 1898 births 1972 deaths Jewish Israeli politicians Jews from the Russian Empire Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951) Mapai politicians Immigrants of the Third Aliyah