Date of birth 1910 1969–1974 Gahal Died December 7, 1986, Israel Date of death 7 December 1986 Role Politician | Year of aliyah 1924 Name Avraham Shekhterman 1974–1977 Likud Education Ghent University | |
Knessets Israeli legislative election, 1969, Israeli legislative election, 1973 | ||
Place of birth Odessa, Russian Empire | ||
Avraham Shekhterman (Hebrew: אברהם שכטרמן, born 1910, died 7 December 1986) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gahal and Likud between 1969 and 1977. He was the older brother of Herzl Shafir, a former IDF general.
Biography
Born in Odessa in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine), Shekhterman made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1924. He attended high school in Tel Aviv and in 1927 he joined Betar, later becoming one of its commanders. He studied civil engineering at Ghent University, where he chaired the Jewish Students Organisation, as well as working as a Betar instructor in Antwerp.
He helped establish Kfar Yabetz in 1932. In 1936 he joined the Betar faction of the Haganah, later becoming an Irgun member after it broke away from the Haganah. In 1938 he became political editor of the HaMashkif newspaper, the publication of the Revisionist Party. He also served as a member of the Assembly of Representatives.
Shekhterman was involved in promoting aviation in Palestine, and chaired the Tel Aviv Pilots Club between 1939 and 1945. Between 1943 and 1946 he managed the Potash Company at the Dead Sea.
In 1955 he was elected to Tel Aviv city council, on which he remained until 1965. Between 1957 and 1959 he was deputy mayor. In 1969 he was elected to the Knesset on the Gahal list. He was re-elected in 1973, by which time Gahal had merged into Likud, but lost his seat in the 1977 elections.
He died in 1986