Avraham Hirschson
| Avraham Hirschson | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 February 1941 |
| Place of birth | Tel Mond, Mandatory Palestine |
| Knessets | 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1983–1984 | Likud |
| 1992–2005 | Likud |
| 2005–2009 | Kadima |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 2005–2006 | Minister of Tourism |
| 2006 | Minister of Communications |
| 2006–2007 | Minister of Finance |
Avraham Hirchson (Hebrew: אברהם הירשזון, born 11 February 1941) is a former Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud and Kadima between 1981 and 1984, and again from 1992 until 2009. He also held the posts of Minister of Communications, Minister of Finance and Minister of Tourism. He resigned following allegations of corruption, and was ultimately convicted of stealing close to 2 million shekels from the National Workers Labor Federation while he was its chairman.
Hirchson was born in Tel Mond and currently resides in Tel Aviv. From 1970 to 1992, he was secretary-general for the National Youth League (the youth branch of the National Histadrut). He has been the chairman of the National Histadrut since 1995 and chairman of the National Health Fund since 1996 (the revisionist counterparts to the larger General Histadrut and General Health Fund respectively). He helped found the March of the Living programme in 1988, but has not been involved in the organization for a number of years. During his involvement with the March of the Living the organization was accused of handling donations in a non-transparent manner.
Hirschson is widowed and has three sons: Ofer (born 19 December 1968), Elroi (12 November 1982) and Barak (born 22 September 1984).
As a member of the Likud Party, Hirchson joined the Knesset as a mid-term replacement in June 1983 and served until the end of the 10th Knesset in July 1984. He rejoined the Knesset in 1992, having been elected to the 13th Knesset, and has served since then. On 10 January 2005, he replaced Gideon Ezra as Minister of Tourism. In late November 2005, he resigned from the Likud and joined Kadima. On 18 January 2006, he was appointed Minister of Communications while retaining the Tourism ministry. That appointment filled one of the vacancies left by the resignation of all Labour Party ministers in November 2005, the act that resulted in the calling of elections for March 2006.
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