Yehezkel Zakai | |
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 Zakai in 1989 | |
| Faction represented in theKnesset | |
| 1977–1984 | Alignment |
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| Born | (1932-04-24)24 April 1932 Kurdistan, Iraq |
| Died | 31 March 2021(2021-03-31) (aged 88) |
Yehezkel Zakai (Hebrew:יחזקאל זכאי; 24 April 1932 – 31 March 2021) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of theKnesset for theAlignment between 1977 and 1984.
Born inKurdistan in Iraq in 1932, Zakaiemigrated to Israel in 1950. He joined moshavAzaria, and served as its secretary from 1952 until 1953. Between 1954 and 1963 he worked as a guide in the hill settlements.
Having become the Organisation Director for the moshavim nearJerusalem, in 1974 he became deputy secretary-general of theMoshavim Movement. He was secretary of the moshav constituency in theLabor Party, and was elected to the Knesset in1977 on the Alignment list (an alliance of Labor andMapam). He was re-elected in1981, but lost his seat in the1984 elections.
In 1984 he became director general ofMekorot.[1]
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