Assaf Yaguri was an Israel

Israel

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i soldier and politician who served as a member of the Knesset

Knesset

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 for the Democratic Movement for Change

Democratic Movement for Change

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 and Ya'ad

Ya'ad (political party)

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 between 1977 and 1981.

Biography

Born in Yagur

Yagur

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 during the Mandate era, Yaguri was a member of the central committee of the HaNoar HaOved

Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed

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 youth movement, and was also a member of the Kibbutz HaMeuhad youth section. He became treasurer of Yagur, and joined the civil service, eventually becoming responsible for trade in the Israel Port Authority

Israel Port Authority

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. He went on to become director of Tourist Development in southern Sinai and was director of the Neve Midbar Caravan in Sharm el-Sheikh

Sharm el-Sheikh

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 and the Village Vacations Company. During the Yom Kippur War

Yom Kippur War

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 he commanded a tank battalion in Sinai, and was captured by the Egyptian Army

Egyptian Army

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. He was released after 46 days in a prisoner exchange.

In 1977 he joined the new Democratic Movement for Change and was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in the elections

Israeli legislative election, 1977

The Elections for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. For the first time in Israeli political history, the right-wing, led by Likud, won the election, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing Alignment and its predecessor, Mapai...

 later that year. When the party split the following year he created a new single-man faction, Ya'ad. He lost his seat in the 1981 elections

Israeli legislative election, 1981

Elections for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres's Alignment, Menachem Begin's Likud won by just one seat...

 as Ya'ad won only 1,228 votes.

He died in 2000 at the age of 69.

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