Eli Goldschmidt
Encyclopedia
Eli Goldschmidt is a former Israel
i politician who served as a member of the Knesset
for One Israel
and the Labor Party between 1992 and 2001.
, Goldschmidt studied law at Tel Aviv University
, where he gained an MA before working as a lawyer.
He was first elected to the Knesset on the Labor Party list in 1992
and chaired the House Committee and the Joint Committee for the Knesset Budget during his first term. After being re-elected in 1996
he chaired the Economic Affairs Committee. For the 1999 elections he was placed 13th on the One Israel list (an alliance of Labor, Meimad
and Gesher), and retained his seat as the alliance won 26 mandates. He was appointed chairman of the Finance Committee, but resigned his seat on 15 February 2001 and was replaced by Mordechai Mishani
.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i politician who served as a member of the Knesset
Knesset
The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...
for One Israel
One Israel
One Israel was an alliance of the Labor Party, Meimad and Gesher created to run for the 1999 Knesset elections.-Background:One Israel was formed by Labor leader Ehud Barak in the run-up to the 1999 elections with the aim of making Labor appear more centrist and to reduce its secularist and elitist...
and the Labor Party between 1992 and 2001.
Biography
Born in Tel AvivTel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Goldschmidt studied law at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
, where he gained an MA before working as a lawyer.
He was first elected to the Knesset on the Labor Party list 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...
and chaired the House Committee and the Joint Committee for the Knesset Budget during his first term. After being re-elected in 1996
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...
he chaired the Economic Affairs Committee. For the 1999 elections he was placed 13th on the One Israel list (an alliance of Labor, Meimad
Meimad
Meimad is a left-wing religious Zionist political party in Israel. Founded in 1999, it is based on the ideology of the Meimad movement founded in 1988 by Rabbi Yehuda Amital. At the national level, it was in alliance with the Labour Party, and until the 2006 elections, received 10th spot on the...
and Gesher), and retained his seat as the alliance won 26 mandates. He was appointed chairman of the Finance Committee, but resigned his seat on 15 February 2001 and was replaced by Mordechai Mishani
Mordechai Mishani
Mordechai "Motti" Mishani is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for One Israel and Gesher between 2001 and 2003.-Biography:Born in Tel Aviv during the Mandate era, Mishani studied law before working as an attorney....
.