Avigdor Yitzhaki

Avigdor Yitzhaki was born in 1949 in Rishon LeZion

Avigdor Yitzhaki was born in Rishon LeZion in 1949. He studied at the Haviv school and the Hebrew Reali Gymnasium. He later earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Tel Aviv University.

In the army he was a company commander in the Armored Corps. In the reserves he led a tank company in the Yom Kippur War and later reached the rank of colonel.

He worked as an accountant and held public posts, including head of the Standards Institution of Israel. Under Ariel Sharon he was director general of the Prime Minister's Office until May 2004. He ran Kadima's election campaign, entered the Knesset and chaired the coalition.

After the Winograd Commission reports he called on Ehud Olmert to resign, and in 2008 he left the Knesset. He was charged in a tax case in 2009 and acquitted of all charges in 2014.

He later headed the national housing staff under Moshe Kahlon and became chairman of Mifal HaPais in 2018. He lived in Raanana and died of pancreatic cancer in 2025.