1. Avraham "Avi" Gabbay is an Israeli businessman and politician.
21 Facts About Avi Gabbay
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Avi Gabbay was CEO of the telecommunications company Bezeq from 2007 to 2013, then entered politics.
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Avi Gabbay served as Minister of Environmental Protection between 2015 and 2016 as a member of the Kulanu party, before being elected leader of the Israeli Labor Party in 2017.
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Avi Gabbay was elected to the Knesset in April 2019, but resigned as leader shortly afterwards.
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Avi Gabbay did not run in the September 2019 elections.
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Avi Gabbay's father worked for Bezeq, and in his youth he would work at his father's company during his vacations.
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Avi Gabbay studied at the Geulim primary school and attended high school at the Gymnasia Rehavia.
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Avi Gabbay began his career by working for the Ministry of Finance for four and a half years.
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In 2007, after Bezeq CEO Yaakov Gelbard was forced to resign, Avi Gabbay was appointed CEO of Bezeq.
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Avi Gabbay served in this position until he left the company in 2013.
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In January 2020, Avi Gabbay become CEO of telecommunications company Cellcom.
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On 29 December 2016 Avi Gabbay announced he would join the Israeli Labor Party, and on 4 March 2017 announced he would run for the Labor Party leadership in the intra-party election for the leadership of the Israeli Labor Party, held in July 2017.
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Since Avi Gabbay was not a Knesset member, he led the party from outside of the Knesset.
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On 1 January 2019 Avi Gabbay unilaterally announced the dissolution of the Zionist Union and the cessation of partnership with Hatnuah.
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Avi Gabbay opposes teachers in the public school system being employed by third-party labor contractors.
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Avi Gabbay favors linking wages of soldiers serving in combat units to the minimum wage.
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Avi Gabbay stated support for public transportation on Shabbat, as well as allowing supermarkets and hang-out places to remain open on Shabbat, Reform conversions, Civil marriage, the Western Wall compromise, and against the "Hadata" of schools by the activities of the various associations On the issue of enlisting Ultra orthodox Haredim, on the other hand, he declared that this was unrealistic.
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Avi Gabbay called for reform in the education system in which all streams of education for each sector will be united into one educational stream.
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Avi Gabbay expressed support for LGBT rights on several occasions, and introduced a legislative package of 24 laws on LGBT rights.
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Avi Gabbay is married to Ayelet, an immigrant from Australia.
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Avi Gabbay is a sports enthusiast and has participated in several marathons.