Politicsאליעזר אבטבי

Eliezer Avtabi

Eliezer Avtabi is an Israeli former politician who was a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party from 1974 to 1984.

born 1938National Religious Party Knesset memberRole in founding Gush KatifHeading the Hapoel HaMizrachi federation

Occupation: politician
Party: National Religious Party

Eliezer Avtabi was born in 1938 in Takab

Eliezer Avtabi was born on 5 January 1938 in Takab, Iran. He immigrated to Israel in 1950.

He settled in moshav Shibolim in the Negev and was active in the Hapoel HaMizrachi moshav movement. He served as deputy chairman of the Azata Regional Council and sat on the directorate of Negev Regional Factories.

Elected to the Knesset for the National Religious Party in 1973, he took his seat in 1974 and was re-elected in 1977 and 1981. He served on the economics and finance committees and chaired the special committee for public petitions in the eighth Knesset. He was involved in founding Gush Katif and proposed naming moshav Netzer Hazani after minister Michael Hazani.

He lost his seat in the 1984 elections. From 1998 to 2004 he chaired the board of Adanim Mortgage Bank, and he also chaired the board of the newspaper Hatzofe. From 2005 to 2007 he headed the Hapoel HaMizrachi federation in Israel.