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Avi Yehezkel

Avi Yehezkel is an Israeli economist and former Labor Party politician who served in the Knesset from 1992 to 2003 and briefly in 2006.

born 1958Labor Party Knesset memberDeputy Minister of TransportDeputy chairman of the Histadrut

Born: 10 June 1958, Tel Aviv
Occupation: economist, politician
Party: Israeli Labor Party
Education: Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University

Avi Yehezkel was born in 1958 in Tel Aviv

Avraham "Avi" Yehezkel was born in Tel Aviv on 10 June 1958. He holds a BA in economics from Tel Aviv University and an MA in law from Bar-Ilan University.

He served as secretary-general of the Labor Party's Young Guard. Before entering the Knesset he sat on the central committee of the Histadrut and headed its manpower division.

He was elected to the Knesset in 1992 and chaired the Sports Committee, later the Economic Affairs Committee, and then the Public Petitions Committee and the defense budget committee. In 1997 he was tried on charges of using Histadrut resources in a party primary and was acquitted. In 2001 he became Deputy Minister of Transport, and he left the post in 2002.

He lost his seat in the 2003 elections. He returned to the Knesset on 17 January 2006 in place of Dalia Itzik and resigned on 28 January.

Since February 2007 he has headed the organization and regions division of the Histadrut, and in July 2021 he became its deputy chairman. He lives in Rishon LeZion, is married, and has 4 children.