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Afu Agbaria

Afu Agbaria is an Israeli Arab politician and surgeon who served as a Knesset member for Hadash from 2009 to 2015.

born 1949Hadash Knesset member, 2009 to 2015Chairman of HadashFirst doctor born in Umm al-Fahm

Born: 13 May 1949, Umm al-Fahm
Occupation: politician, surgeon
Party: Hadash
Education: Saint Petersburg State University

Afu Agbaria was born in 1949 in Umm al-Fahm

Afu Agbaria was born in Umm al-Fahm on 13 May 1949 and belongs to the Agbaria clan. He finished high school at ORT Afula.

He was sent by Rakah to study medicine in Leningrad, in the Soviet Union, where he also learned Russian. He returned to Umm al-Fahm in 1977 and became the first doctor born in the town.

He specialized in surgery and breast surgery. He worked at Meir Hospital and Hillel Yaffe Hospital, and ran the specialist clinic in Umm al-Fahm. In 1998 he ran for mayor of Umm al-Fahm and lost.

A member of the Maki political bureau, he was fourth on the Hadash list in 2006 but missed a seat. He entered the Knesset in 2009 and was re-elected in 2013. In 2010 he called at the European Parliament for Israeli leaders to be tried at the International Criminal Court.

He did not run in 2015 and was given a symbolic place on the Joint List. In 2017 he was elected chairman of Hadash. He lives in Umm al-Fahm and is married with 3 children.