Avner Shaki
Israeli politician
Avner Shaki
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Ministerial roles | |
1988–1990 | Minister without Portfolio |
1990–1992 | Minister of Religious Affairs |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1970–1973 | National Religious Party |
1973–1974 | Independent |
1984–1999 | National Religious Party |
Personal details | |
Born |
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1926-02-05
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5 February 1926
Safed , Mandatory Palestine |
Died | 28 May 2005 (2005-05-28) (aged 79) |
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Avner-Hai Shaki ( Hebrew : אבנר-חי שאקי , 5 February 1926 - 28 May 2005) was an Israeli politician who served as a government minister in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Biography
Born in Safed during the Mandate era , Shaki studied law, gaining a PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He later worked as a lecturer in universities in Canada and the United States .
On 16 July 1970 he entered the Knesset on the National Religious Party 's list as a replacement for the deceased Haim-Moshe Shapira , [1] and in September that year Shaki was appointed Deputy Minister of Education and Culture . He left the cabinet on 17 July 1972, and on 22 May 1973 he left the party to sit as an Independent , remaining an MK until the next elections .
Shaki returned to the NRP and was elected to the Knesset in 1984. Re-elected in 1988, he was appointed Minister without Portfolio responsible for Jerusalem Affairs in December that year. In 1990 he was appointed Minister of Religious Affairs , serving until the Likud -led coalition lost power following the 1992 elections . Shaki was re-elected in 1992 and 1996, but lost his seat in the 1999 elections .
References
- ↑ Knesset Members in the Seventh Knesset Knesset website
External links
- Avner Shaki on the Knesset website
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