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Tel Aviv University.
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Avraham Yehezkel
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Born in Tel Aviv, Yehezkel gained a Bachelor in economics at Tel Aviv University and an Master of Arts in law from Bar-Ilan University. He was first elected to the Knesset in 1992 and chaired the Knesset"s Sports Committee. He was re-elected in 1996, after which he chaired the Economic Affairs Committee.
After being placed 21st on the One Israel list (an alliance of Labor, Meimad and Gesher), he was re-elected for a second time in 1999.
During his third term as an MK, he chaired the Public Petitions Committee and the Joint Committee for the Defense Budget. In March 2001 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Transport, but left the government along with the rest of the party in November 2002.
Although he re-entered the Knesset on 17 January 2006 as a replacement for Dalia Itzik (who left the party and resigned her seat in order to join Kadima), on 28 January Yehezkel resigned his seat and was replaced by Dani Koren.
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