Avraham Katz

Avraham Katz was born in 1931 in Ness Ziona

Katz was born in Ness Ziona in 1931, during the Mandate era. He attended the Herzliya Hebrew High School. He then joined the Palmach and fought with its Harel Brigade in the War of Independence.

He studied literature, economics and geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning a BA and an MA. He was also certified to teach in high schools. From 1950 to 1955 he sat on the university's student council.

In 1955 he joined the General Zionists. He was active in the High School Teachers Association and chaired it from 1962 to 1969. From 1968 to 1969 he directed a Ministry of Education school for senior educators.

Katz entered the Knesset in 1969 on the Gahal list and was re-elected in 1973 and 1977. In the Eighth Knesset he chaired the Education and Culture Committee. He lectured in geography at Tel Aviv University from 1970 to 1977.

In 1978 he joined the board of the Jewish Agency and headed its Youth and Pioneering Department. He lost his Knesset seat in 1981. He died of a heart attack in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1986 and was buried in Ness Ziona.