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Yitzhak Gagula

Yitzhak Gagula is an Israeli former politician who served as a Shas member of the Knesset from 1999 to 2003.

born 1964Shas Knesset member, 1999 to 2003Co-founding the World Congress of Georgian Jewry

Born: 1 January 1964, Georgia
Occupation: politician
Party: Shas
Education: Ono Academic College

Yitzhak Gagula was born in 1964 in Georgia

Yitzhak Gagula was born Isaak Gagulashvili on 1 January 1964 in the Georgian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union. He emigrated to Israel in 1972. He lives in Rehovot, is married and has 5 children.

He studied at a yeshiva and later earned a law degree from Ono Academic College. In 1995 he joined the IDF and served as an assistant to the rabbi of the Gaza Division.

Ahead of the 1999 elections he was placed 18th on the Shas list. The party won 17 seats, but he entered the Knesset because Aryeh Deri, first on the list, resigned during a corruption trial. He sat on several committees, including the Economics, Immigration and Education committees.

He was seen as a supporter of Deri and was not placed on the Shas list for the 2003 elections. He co-founded the World Congress of Georgian Jewry and served as its vice president. He was also elected to the Central District council of the Israel Bar Association.