Alex Goldfarb is an Israel

Israel

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i former politician

Politician

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 and electrician

Electrician

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Biography

Born in Seini

Seini

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 in Romania

Romania

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, Goldfarb made aliyah

Aliyah

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 to Israel

Israel

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 in 1963. He worked as an electrician, amongst others in the Israel Electric Corporation

Israel Electric Corporation

Israel Electric Corporation is the main supplier of electrical power in Israel.IEC builds, maintains and operates power generation stations, sub-stations, as well as the transmission and distribution networks....

, where he was also active in the trade union.

A member of Tzomet

Tzomet

Tzomet is a small secular, right-wing political party in Israel.-Ideology:The party was the one who first brought the "peace for peace" slogan, which today is used by all Israeli right wing parties and movements...

, he was elected to the Knesset in 1992

Israeli legislative election, 1992

Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June 1992. The result was a victory for the left, led by Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party, though their win was at least partially due to several small right-wing parties narrowly failing to cross the electoral threshold and thus effectively...

 on the party's list. However, on 7 February 1994, he left the party along with Esther Salmovitz

Esther Salmovitz

Esther Salmovitz is an Israeli lawyer and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 1996.-Biography:Born in Romania in 1948, Salomvitz made aliyah to Israel in 1950. After high school she studied real estate law, and took Open University course in history of the...

 and Gonen Segev

Gonen Segev

Gonen Segev in Kiryat Motzkin is a former Israeli member of Knesset and government minister and pediatrician who was convicted for an attempt of drug smuggling, for forgery and electronic commerce fraud....

 to establish Yiud

Yiud

Yiud was a small, short-lived political faction in Israel in the mid-1990s.-Background:The faction was formed on 7 February 1994 during the 13th Knesset when three MKs, Alex Goldfarb, Esther Salmovitz and Gonen Segev broke away from Tzomet, following a disagreement with the party's leader, Rafael...

. The new party joined Yitzhak Rabin

Yitzhak Rabin

' was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....

's government, with Goldfarb appointed Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction

Housing and Construction Minister of Israel

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.

On 27 November 1995 Goldfarb and Salmovitz left Yiud to establish Atid

Atid (political party)

Atid was a short-lived political faction in Israel in the mid-1990s. It is not related to the modern Atid Ehad party.-Background:The faction was established on 27 November 1995 during the 13th Knesset as a breakaway from Yiud, itself a breakaway from Tzomet following disagreements between party...

. The party did not run in the 1996 elections

Israeli legislative election, 1996

Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 29 May 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%.The 1996 elections included two new changes, both designed to increase the stability of the Knesset. First, the Prime Minister was to be elected on a separate ballot from the remaining members of the...

 and Goldfarb lost his seat. He later joined the Labor Party and was later appointed to a position linked to the security industry by then-Minister of Defense, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer

Binyamin Ben-Eliezer

Binyamin Fuad Ben-Eliezer , , born 12 February 1936) is an Israeli politician and former military officer of Iraqi origin. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party, and has held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour, Minister of...

. He now is the director of a private company.

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