Avraham Michaeli

Avraham Michaeli (Hebrew: אברהם מיכאלי; born 29 March 1957) is an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 2006 and 2015.

Avraham Michaeli
Michaeli in 2013
Faction represented in the Knesset
2006–2015	Shas
Personal details
Born	(1957-03-29) 29 March 1957 (age 68) Kulashi, Soviet Union

Biography

Born in Kulashi in the Soviet Union (today in Georgia) as Abraam Mikhelashvili (Georgian: აბრაამ მიხელაშვილი), Michaeli made aliyah to Israel on 29 June 1971.^[1] He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion, and he attended Bar-Ilan University where he studied law, gaining an LLB in 1984.^[1] In 2006 he was placed twelfth on the Shas list for the Knesset elections that year,^[2] and became a Knesset member after the party won 12 seats. He retained his seat in the 2009 elections, having been placed eleventh on the Shas list. He was re-elected for a third term in 2013 after again being placed eleventh on the party's list.^[3]

He was placed eighth on the Shas list for the 2015 elections, but lost his seat as the party was reduced to seven seats.^[4]

Michaeli currently lives in Or Yehuda.