Avraham Duvdevani

Avraham Duvdevani (Hebrew: אברהם דובדבני; born August 5, 1945) is an Israeli politician and activist who served as the chairman of the World Zionist Organization and is currently the chairman of the Jewish National Fund.^[1]

Avraham Duvdevani
אברהם דובדבני
Chairman, Jewish National Fund
Incumbent
Assumed office November 15, 2020
Preceded by	Danny Atar
Chairman, World Zionist Organization
In office June 2010 – October 2020
Preceded by	Yaakov Hagoel
Succeeded by	Ze'ev Bielski
Personal details
Born	August 5, 1945 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine

Early life and education

Duvdevani was born in Jerusalem on August 5, 1945, to an Orthodox Jewish and Zionist family. He attended Netiv Meir Yeshiva and the Kfar Hasidim Yeshiva. He then enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces as a paratrooper, and participated in the occupation of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War.^[2][3] He proceeded to earn a bachelor's degree in Jewish history and educational administration and a master's degree in sociology of education from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.^[4][2]

Political career

In 2010, he was unanimously elected the chairman of the World Zionist Organization. Before this, among other roles, he was the Director General of World Bnei Akiva, was the head of the Informal Education track at Orot Israel College, and was a member of the board of governors and an executive for the Jewish Agency.^[5] In 2020, it was announced that he would become the global chairman of the Jewish National Fund.^[1][6] He assumed the role on November 15, 2020. Duvdevani is married with four children and lives in Ramat Gan.^[1]