Shmuel Avital
Shmuel Avital | |
|---|---|
 Avital in 1992 | |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 2001–2002 | Minister without Portfolio |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1992–1996 | Labor Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 May 1951 Casablanca, Morocco |
Shmuel Avital (Hebrew: שמואל אביטל, born 24 May 1951) is an Israeli former politician who served as a minister without portfolio responsible for social coordination from March 2001 until February 2002.
Biography[edit]
Born in Casablanca in Morocco, Avital emigrated to Israel in 1953. He studied at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba and worked in agriculture.[1]
In 1992 he was elected to the Knesset on the Labor Party's list. However, he lost his seat in the 1996 elections. Despite not being a member of the Knesset, in March 2001 he was appointed minister without portfolio responsible for social co-ordination in Ariel Sharon's national unity government. However, he resigned in February the following year.
References[edit]
- ^ Samuel Avital: Particulars Knesset website
External links[edit]
- Shmuel Avital on the Knesset website