Avraham Shekhterman was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gahal and Likud between 1969 and 1977.
Education
He attended high school in Tel Aviv and in 1927 he joined Betar, later becoming one of its commanders. He studied civil engineering at Ghent University, where he chaired the Jewish Students Organisation, as well as working as a Betar instructor in Antwerp.
Career
He was the older brother of Herzl Shafir, a former Israel Defense Forces general. Born in Odessa in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine), Shekhterman made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1924. He helped establish Kfar Yabetz in 1932.
In 1936 he joined the Betar faction of the Haganah, later becoming an Irgun member after it broke away from the Haganah.
Shekhterman was involved in promoting aviation in Palestine, and chaired the Tel Aviv Pilots Club between 1939 and 1945. Between 1943 and 1946 he managed the Potash Company at the Dead Sea.
In 1955 he was elected to Tel Aviv city council, on which he remained until 1965. Between 1957 and 1959 he was deputy mayor.
In 1969 he was elected to the Knesset on the Gahal list.
He was re-elected in 1973, by which time Gahal had merged into Likud, but lost his seat in the 1977 elections. He died in 1986.
Politics
In 1938 he became political editor of the HaMashkif newspaper, the publication of the Revisionist Party.
Membership
He also served as a member of the Assembly of Representatives.