Education
Born in Afula during the Mandate era, Meirom served as general secretary of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth movement, and studied law at Tel Aviv University, gaining an Bachelor of Laws, before working as a lawyer and agriculturalist.
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Hagai Meirom
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Career
He was first elected to the Knesset in 1988 on the Alignment"s list (the party was renamed the Labor Party in 1991). Re-elected in 1992, during his second term he chaired several key committees, including the House Committee, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, and the Joint Committee for the Knesset Budget. He retained his seat in the 1996 elections, and during his third term served as a Knesset Observer to North Atlantic Treaty Organization and chairman of the Israel-Italy Parliamentary Friendship League.
On 23 February 1999 he was one of two Labor Party MKs to break away and establish Israel in the Centre (later renamed the Centre Party), alongside four Likud MKs.
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Membership
A member of Histadrut"s executive, he also served on the union"s high court, and was a member of the Kibbutz Movement secretariat.
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