Avi Gabbay

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Avi Gabbay
Ministerial roles
2015–2016Minister of Environmental Protection
Faction represented in the Knesset
2019Labor Party
Personal details
Born (1967-02-22) 22 February 1967 (age 57)
Jerusalem, Israel

Avraham "Avi" Gabbay (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם "אָבִי" גַּבַּאי,[1] born 22 February 1967 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli politician.

He was leader of the Israeli Labor Party between 2017 and 2019 [2] and former leader of The Zionist Union. He was CEO of the telecommunications company Bezeq from 2007 to 2013. He was Minister of Environmental Protection between 2015 and 2016.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. תרומות וערבויות למועמדים בבחירות מקדימות Archived 2017-07-30 at the Wayback Machine State Comptroller of Israel
  2. Avi Gabbay Wins Israel's Labor Party Primary, Beating Amir Peretz Haaretz, 10 July 2017
  3. Raoul Wootliff (2 July 2019). "Ailing Labor elects past chairman Amir Peretz to lead it through next election". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2 July 2019.