Avraham Levenbraun

Avraham Levenbraun was born in 1916 in Ștefănești

Levenbraun was born in Ștefănești, Romania, to a Jewish family, and lost his father at a young age. As a youth he belonged to Hashomer Hatzair.

In 1938 he moved to Mandatory Palestine and joined kibbutz Ruhama, where he lived until 1944. He left over ideological differences and moved to Migdal. He later settled in Haifa, worked as a crane operator at a chemical and fertilizer factory, and became secretary of its workers' board.

He was first a member of Mapam and joined Maki in 1954. After the 1965 split in Maki, he sided with Meir Vilner and joined Rakah. He entered the Knesset on 16 February 1972, replacing Emile Habibi, and was re-elected in 1973.

He lost his seat in 1977 and returned briefly in February 1981 after the death of Hanna Mwais. He sat on the Rakah central committee from 1965 until 1985 and on the Histadrut executive committee. He died in 1987 and was buried in the Southern Cemetery.