Gideon Gadot
Gideon Gadot | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1984–1992 | Likud |
Personal details | |
Born | Bnei Brak, Mandatory Palestine | 1 April 1941
Died | 21 September 2012 | (aged 71)
Gideon Gadot (Hebrew: גדעון גדות, 1 April 1941 – 21 September 2012) was an Israeli journalist and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1984 and 1992.
Biography
Gideon Foreman (later Gadot) was born in Bnei Brak during the Mandate era. He attended the Mikveh Israel agricultural high school before studying sociology and communications at university in South Africa. He joined the Betar youth movement in 1951, and was a member of the organisation's national leadership between 1965 and 1968. During his time in South Africa, he acted as an emissary for the organisation.
He worked as a journalist for
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He was the nephew of Aryeh Ben-Eliezer.
Gadot died on 21 September 2012, and was buried at Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery in Tel Aviv on 23 September 2012.[2]
References
- ^ Gideon Gadot: Public Activities Knesset website
- ^ a b "Former Knesset speaker Gideon Gadot dies, 71". The Times of Israel. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
External links
- Gideon Gadot on the Knesset website