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Avraham Hirschson

Avraham Hirschson was an Israeli politician who served as a Knesset member and as Minister of Tourism, Communications and Finance, and was convicted in 2009 of stealing from the National Workers Labor Federation.

1941 to 2022Founding the March of the LivingIsrael's Minister of Finance2009 embezzlement conviction

Born: 11 February 1941, Tel Mond
Died: 7 March 2022
Occupation: politician
Party: Kadima, Likud

Avraham Hirschson was born in 1941 in Tel Mond

Hirschson was born in 1941 in Tel Mond. His grandfather, Rabbi David Hirschson, came to the Land of Israel from Czernowitz in 1934 and bought land in Tel Mond.

He led the National Youth movement as secretary-general for many years. In 1986 he organized a youth delegation to Poland, and in 1988 he initiated and headed the March of the Living. He later chaired the National Workers Labor Federation and the National Health Fund.

He entered the Knesset for Likud in 1983 and served until 1984. He returned in 1992 and served until 2009, chairing the Finance Committee and working on the rights of Holocaust survivors. He became Minister of Tourism in 2005, joined Kadima that year, and added the Communications ministry in 2006.

In May 2006 he became Minister of Finance and in 2007 presented an economic plan that the government approved. After a police investigation he suspended himself and resigned on 1 July 2007. In 2009 a court convicted him of theft, fraud and money laundering and sentenced him to 5 years and 5 months in prison. He was released in January 2013 and died on 7 March 2022.