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Aharon Efrat

Aharon Efrat was an Israeli politician and trade unionist who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Mapam from 1974 to 1977.

1911 to 1989Secretary of MapamFounding kibbutz Ein HaShofetHistadrut social welfare leadership

Born: 20 March 1911, Lutsk
Died: 16 May 1989, Israel
Occupation: politician, trade unionist
Party: Alignment

Aharon Efrat was born in 1911 in Lutsk

Aharon Efrat was born in Lutsk in 1911. At 16 he joined the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. He became one of its leaders in Poland and headed its aliyah department in the 1930s.

In 1936 he moved to Mandatory Palestine. In 1937 he was among the founders of kibbutz Ein HaShofet. In 1944 he became secretary of the Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party and the Socialist League in Haifa.

He served as secretary of Mapam from 1954 to 1957 and became secretary of its central committee in 1960. In the Histadrut he sat on the coordinating committee from 1964 to 1974 and headed the social welfare department. From 1972 to 1980 he was on the advisory council of the Bank of Israel.

He was a member of the Knesset from 1974 to 1977 and sat on the Finance Committee and the State Control Committee. He lost his seat in the 1977 elections. He then served on the board of Israel Chemicals until 1983 and chaired the board of the newspaper Al HaMishmar. He died in 1989.