Shmuel Avital
Ministerial roles
2001–2002Minister without Portfolio
Faction represented in the Knesset
1992–1996Labor Party
Personal details
Born (1951-05-24) 24 May 1951
Casablanca, Morocco

Shmuel Avital (Hebrew: שמואל אביטל, born 24 May 1951) is a former Israeli politician who served as a minister without portfolio responsible for social co-ordination from March 2001 until February 2002.

Biography

Born in Casablanca in Morocco, Avital made aliyah to Israel in 1953. He studied at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba and worked in agriculture.[1]

In 1992 he was elected to the Knesset on the Labor Party's list. However, he lost his seat in the 1996 elections. Despite not being a member of the Knesset, in March 2001 he was appointed minister without portfolio responsible for social co-ordination in Ariel Sharon's national unity government. However, he resigned in February the following year.

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