Eliezer Kulas (Hebrew: אליעזר קולס; born 29 August 1944) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1981 and 1988.
Eliezer Kulas | |
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.jpeg) Kulas in the 1980s | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1981–1988 | Likud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1944 |
Biography
editBorn in Kyzylorda in the Kyzylorda Oblast of the Kazakh SSR in the Soviet Union (today in Kazakhstan), Kulas emigrated to Israel in 1948.[1] He attended the Hugim High School in Haifa, before studying economics, statistics and law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was certified as a lawyer.[1]
In 1962 he joined the Liberal Party.[1] He worked as a senior advisor to the Minister of Housing and Construction, and served as director of the ministerial bureau between 1977 and 1978.[1] He then worked as an advisor to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism between 1978 and 1980, and was responsible for retail trade and small industry from 1980 until 1981.[1]
In 1981 he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list (then an alliance of the Liberal Party, Herut and other right-wing factions), and became chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.[1] He was re-elected in 1984 and remained chair of the committee,[1] but lost his seat in the 1988 elections.
References
editExternal links
edit- Eliezer Kulas on the Knesset website