Avraham Biton

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Avraham Biton
File:Avraham Biton 1966-01-21.jpg
Biton in 1966
Faction represented in the Knesset
1965–1968Alignment
1968–1969Labor Party
1969Alignment
Personal details
Born21 February 1923
Died18 February 2005(2005-02-18) (aged 81)

Avraham Biton (Hebrew: אברהם ביטון; 21 February 1923 – 18 February 2005) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Labor Party between 1965 and 1969.

Biography

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Born in Mandatory Palestine in 1923, Biton joined the Haganah at the age of 16, and later commanded a platoon in the Hish. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War he commanded a company in the Givati Brigade, and was later demobilised from the IDF as a major.

In 1947 he had begun working at the Palestine Electricity Corporation (which was to become the Israel Electric Corporation) and later became chairman of its national secretariat.[1] In 1965 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list, but lost his seat in the 1969 elections. He died in 2005 at the age of 81.

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