Avraham Drori

Avraham Drori was born in 1919 in Łódź

Avraham Drori was born Abram Kozinski in Łódź, Poland, in 1919. As a child he joined the Betar youth movement in his city. His brother was Yisrael Sadan, a founder of the Noar Mizrachi movement.

He moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1935 and served in the Betar enlistment units in Samaria and the Galilee. He joined the Irgun and later headed its central school for commanders at Shuni. In 1948 he joined the IDF and left it with the rank of major.

Drori was among the founders of the Herut movement and worked closely with Menachem Begin. He headed the movement's organization department and became its general secretary. He also led the project to build Jabotinsky House in Tel Aviv.

He entered the Knesset on 21 March 1961, replacing Shimshon Unichman after his death. He kept his seat in the November 1961 elections and sat on the Interior, Education and Culture, and House committees. He died in office on 20 August 1964, and Yosef Kremerman took his seat.