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Efraim Gur (Hebrew: אפרים גור, born 1 September 1955) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1988 and 1996, and as Deputy Minister of Communications and Deputy Minister of Transportation in the early 1990s.

Biography

Gur was born as Eprem Gorelishvili (Georgian: ეფრემ გორელიშვილი) in Kulashi in the Georgian SSR of the Soviet Union in 1955, Gur made aliyah to Israel in 1972, and worked as an insurance agent. He joined the Labor Party, becoming secretary of its Ashdod branch. He also served as deputy mayor of the city and as chair of the Ashdod Zionist Council.

In 1988 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list (of which the Labor Party was the major component). However, following the dirty trick incident in 1990, he left the party to establish Unity for Peace and Immigration,^[1] and joined Yitzhak Shamir's Likud-led government. He was rewarded by being appointed Deputy Minister of Communications on 2 July, before becoming Deputy Minister of Transportation on 20 November.

Shortly before the 1992 elections Gur merged his faction into Likud,^[1] and was re-elected. On 7 March 1996 he left Likud and sat out the remainder of the term as an independent.^[1] He re-established his party to run in the May elections, renaming it Unity for the Defence of New Immigrants. However, it failed to cross the electoral threshold and he lost his seat.

He has served as chairman of the Union of Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset website

External links

Efraim Gur on the Knesset website

[MS-1] Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset website

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 ==Biography==
-Born '''Eprem Gorelishvili''' ({{lang-ka|ეფრემ გორელიშვილი}}) in [[Kulashi]] in the [[Georgian SSR]] of the [[Soviet Union]] in 1955, Gur made [[aliyah]] to Israel in 1972, and worked as an insurance agent. He joined the [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]], becoming secretary of its [[Ashdod]] branch. He also served as deputy mayor of the city and as chair of the Ashdod Zionist Council.
+Gur was born as '''Eprem Gorelishvili''' ({{lang-ka|ეფრემ გორელიშვილი}}) in [[Kulashi]] in the [[Georgian SSR]] of the [[Soviet Union]] in 1955, Gur made [[aliyah]] to Israel in 1972, and worked as an insurance agent. He joined the [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]], becoming secretary of its [[Ashdod]] branch. He also served as deputy mayor of the city and as chair of the Ashdod Zionist Council.
 In [[Israeli legislative election, 1988|1988]] he was elected to the Knesset on the [[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]] list (of which the Labor Party was the major component). However, following [[The dirty trick (Israel)|the dirty trick]] incident in 1990, he left the party to establish [[Unity for Peace and Immigration]],<ref name=MS/> and joined [[Yitzhak Shamir]]'s [[Likud]]-led government. He was rewarded by being appointed Deputy Minister of Communications on 2 July, before becoming Deputy Minister of Transportation on 20 November.