Rafi Elul

Rafi Elul was born in 1957 in Morocco

Rafael Elul was born in Morocco in 1957. He immigrated to Israel with his family in 1961.

He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and sociology at Bar-Ilan University. He also holds a master's degree in business administration. He took courses in local government and public administration and worked in the civil service.

Elul served as head of the local council of Mazkeret Batya. He entered the Knesset in 1992 for the Labor Party and was reelected in 1996. In his second term he chaired the Public Petitions Committee.

He lost his seat in the 1999 elections and turned to social work, chairing the Ruach Tova association. He later followed Shimon Peres to Kadima and ran on its lists in 2006 and 2009 without being elected. After Peres became president, Elul was named his adviser on social and welfare affairs.

He has also chaired the Movement for Combating Poverty and the Friends of Kaplan Medical Center. He is married to Ofra, founder of the Peres Academic Center, and has 2 children.