Politicsמרדכי אלגרבלי

Mordechai Elgrably

Mordechai Elgrably is an Israeli industrialist and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 1977 to 1981.

born 1944Knesset member from 1977 to 1981Chairing the Oded movementFounding the Unity PartyChairing the Rekah pharmaceutical group

Born: 14 July 1944, Meknes
Occupation: politician, industrialist
Party: Democratic Movement for Change, Democratic Movement, Unity Party
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Mordechai Elgrably was born in 1944 in Meknes

Elgrably was born on 14 July 1944 in Meknes, Morocco. He received a religious education and belonged to the scout movement. In 1964 he immigrated to Israel with his family, who settled in the Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood of Jerusalem.

He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics and economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 1969 he chaired the Oded movement. Between 1971 and 1977 he was deputy director of planning at the Ministry of Education.

In 1977 he joined the Democratic Movement for Change and entered the Knesset on its list. After the party split he joined the Democratic Movement, then left it to sit alone. He later formed the Unity Party with Saadia Marciano, which failed to pass the threshold in the 1981 elections, ending his political career.

He later became chairman of the board of the Rekah pharmaceutical group. He is married with 4 children. His son, Lieutenant Udi-Yehuda Elgrably, was killed in Lebanon in July 1994 while serving as a signals officer.