Yisrael Guri

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Yisrael Guri
Faction represented in the Knesset
1949–1965Mapai
Personal details
Born1893
Hirişeni, Russian Empire
Died17 September 1965

Yisrael Guri (Hebrew: ישראל גורי, 1893 – 17 September 1965) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1949 and 1965.

Biography

Born Yisrael Gurfinkel in

Odessa he married his wife Gila and became secretary of the local branch of the Jewish National Fund
and of the Urban Zionist Committee.

He made

Assembly of Representatives, and was secretary of the Central Controller Committee of the Histadrut trade union. In 1929 he became a member of Tel Aviv City Council, a role he retained until 1950, and in 1935 became a member of its Cultural Department.[1]

In 1949 he was elected to the

first Knesset on the Mapai list. He was re-elected in 1951, 1955, 1959 and 1961
. He died in September 1965, whilst still an MK.

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