Yitzhak Gagula
Yitzhak Gagula | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1999–2003 | Shas |
Personal details | |
Born | Soviet Union | 1 January 1964
Yitzhak Gagula (Hebrew: יצחק גאגולה, born 1 January 1964) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 1999 and 2003.
Biography[]
Gagula was born Isaak Gagulashvili (Georgian: ისააკ გაგულაშვილი) in the Georgian SSR in the Soviet Union and was educated at a yeshiva, Gagula made aliyah to Israel in 1972.
For the 1999 Knesset elections he was placed 18th on the Shas list. Although the party won only 17 seats, Gagula entered the Knesset at the start of the term as the party's top candidate, Aryeh Deri, resigned [1] due to a corruption trial.
He lost his seat in the 2003 elections.
References[]
- ^ Research Guide: Analysis of the Israeli 1999 Elections Middle East Review of International Affairs
External links[]
- Yitzhak Gagula on the Knesset website
Categories:
- 1964 births
- Jews from Georgia (country)
- Israeli people of Georgian-Jewish descent
- Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003)
- Living people
- Shas politicians
- Ono Academic College alumni
- Soviet emigrants to Israel