Avraham Michaeli
| Avraham Michaeli | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 March 1957 |
| Place of birth | Kulashi, Soviet Union |
| Year of aliyah | 1971 |
| Knessets | 17, 18, 19 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 2006–2015 | Shas |
Avraham Michaeli (Hebrew: אברהם מיכאלי, born 29 March 1957) is an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 2006 and 2015.
Biography
Born in Kulashi in the Soviet Union (today in Georgia), Michaeli made aliyah to Israel on 29 June 1971.[1] He studied law at Bar-Ilan University, gaining an LLB in 1984.[1] In 2006 he was placed twelfth on the Shas list for the Knesset elections that year,[2] 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 after again being placed eleventh on the party's list.[3]
He was placed eighth on the Shas list for the 2015 elections, but lost his seat as the party was reduced to seven seats.[4]
Michaeli currently lives in Or Yehuda.
References
External links
- Avraham Michaeli on the Knesset website
- Articles with Hebrew-language external links
- Articles containing Hebrew-language text
- 1957 births
- Soviet Jews
- Israeli lawyers
- Living people
- Shas politicians
- Jews from Georgia (country)
- Bar-Ilan University alumni
- Soviet emigrants to Israel
- People from Or Yehuda
- Israeli people of Georgian-Jewish descent
- Members of the 17th Knesset (2006–09)
- Members of the 18th Knesset (2009–13)
- Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–15)
