Avraham Michaeli
Avraham Michaeli is an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 2006 and 2015.Biography
Born in Kulashi in the Soviet Union as Abraam Mikhelashvili, Michaeli made aliyah to Israel on 29 June 1971. He studied law at Bar-Ilan University, gaining an LLB in 1984. In 2006 he was placed twelfth on the Shas list for the Knesset elections that year, 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.
He was placed eighth on the Shas list for the 2015 elections, but lost his seat as the party was reduced to seven seats.
Michaeli currently lives in Or Yehuda.
