1. Eliezer Shostak was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health from 1977 until 1984 and as a member of the Knesset from 1951 until 1988.
11 Facts About Eliezer Shostak
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Eliezer Shostak joined the Betar movement in 1930 and emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1935, joining the Betar work battalion in Herzliya.
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Eliezer Shostak became a member of the central committee of Hatzohar and sat on the movement's national executive.
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Eliezer Shostak was placed third on the Hatzohar list for the 1949 elections, but the party failed to win a seat.
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Eliezer Shostak later joined Menachem Begin's Herut movement, and was placed ninth on the Herut list for the 1951 elections, but missed out on a seat when the party won only eight seats.
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Eliezer Shostak was re-elected in 1955,1959,1961 and 1965.
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Eliezer Shostak was re-elected again in 1969, and in 1973 the Free Centre allied with Herut and the Liberal Party to form Likud, for whom he was elected to the Knesset in the elections that year.
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In 1975, the Free Centre split and Eliezer Shostak became chairman of the Independent Centre faction.
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Eliezer Shostak was re-elected again in 1977 and was appointed Minister of Health in Begin's government.
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Eliezer Shostak retained the role following the 1981 elections, but was left out of the cabinet after the 1984 elections, instead becoming Deputy Speaker of the Knesset.
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Eliezer Shostak lost his seat in 1988, having served in the Knesset for just over 37 years.