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Efi Oshaya

Efi Oshaya is an Israeli politician and lobbyist who served as a Knesset member for the Labor Party.

born 1956Labor Party Knesset memberChairing the One Israel factionLobbying and strategic consulting

Born: 2 June 1956, Israel
Occupation: politician
Party: Israeli Labor Party

Efi Oshaya was born in 1956 in Israel

Efi Oshaya was born in Israel on 2 June 1956. His full name, Afläton, comes from his grandfather. He is married to Yafa and has 4 children and 7 grandchildren.

He served in the Air Force at the Refidim base until the evacuation of the Sinai Peninsula. He later earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Lincoln in England.

He headed the Histadrut in the Netanya region and sat on the Netanya city council for Labor. He entered the Knesset in 1996 and served as deputy speaker and Labor whip. He returned in 2001 and chaired the One Israel faction and the coalition until 2003.

In 2006 he replaced Haim Ramon in the Knesset but resigned at once because of a conflict with his lobbying work. He was CEO of the lobbying firm Policy and sat on several company boards. In November 2021 he founded Plato Consultants, which he owns and runs.