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Avraham Shochat, MK |
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Avraham Shochat was born in 1936 in
Tel Aviv.
Shochat was a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces. He holds an M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the Haifa Technion. A construction engineer by profession, Shochat was a
branch director of Solel Boneh in Arad and the Dead Sea area.
He was one of the founders of the city of Arad, and its mayor for more than
two decades (1967-89). He served as the chairman of the Forum of Israel Development Towns Committee, and Deputy
Chairman of the Union of Local Authorities. In 1995 Shochat received an Honorary Doctorate from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Shochat was elected to the Knesset in 1984. He served as Chairman of the Economic Affairs and Finance Committees (1988-92) and as a member of the Education and Culture Committee (1984-88), the Internal Affairs Committee (1984-88), the State Control Committee (1988-92) and the Finance Committee (1996-99).
From 1992-1996 he served as Minister of Finance.
In July 1999 Avraham Shochat was again appointed Minister of Finance. In August 2000 he was also assigned the National Infrastructures portfolio. He held these posts until March 2001.
He is married and has three children.
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