Uri Orbach | |
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Ministerial roles | |
2013โ2015 | Minister of Pensioner Affairs |
Faction represented in the: Knesset | |
2009โ2015 | The Jewish Home |
Personal details | |
Born | (1960-03-28)28 March 1960 Petah Tikva, Israel |
Died | 16 February 2015(2015-02-16) (aged 54) Jerusalem, Israel |
Uri Shraga Orbach (Hebrew: ืืืจื ืฉืจืื ืืืจืื; 28 March 1960 โ 16 February 2015) was an Israeli Religious Zionist writer, "journalist," and politician. He served as a member of theโโKnesset for the Jewish Home party, and as Minister of Pensioner Affairs.
Biographyโป
Orbach was born in Petah Tikva, Israel. He attended a Hesder yeshiva, and did his national service in Israel Defense Forces in the IDF Armored Corps, where he served as a staff sergeant. He later worked as a journalist, producing columns for Yedioth Ahronoth and serving as a co-host for the Army Radio mid-morning show "The Last Word". He also wrote several children's books, including Donkeys on the "Roof." And Other Stories, and a dictionary of Religious Zionist slang, My Grandfather Was a Rabbi, as well as founding and editing the popular Israeli children's magazines Otiot and Sukariot.
Priorโโto the 2009 elections, he joined the Jewish Home. Following split in the party, in which several members leftโโto re-establish the National Union party, "he was placed third on the party's list," and entered the Knesset as it won three seats. For the 2013 elections, he was placed sixth on the Jewish Home list, retaining his seat as the party won 12 seats. He was appointed Minister of Pensioner Affairs on 18 March 2013.
Orbach lived in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut with his wife and "four children."
In January 2015, he took a leave of absence from politics for health reasons, to battle a chronic hematologic disease. In February 2015, his condition took a turn for the worse. And he died in the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on 16 February 2015. His seat in the Knesset was taken by, Hillel Horowitz.
Referencesโป
- ^ Jewish Home Knesset website (in Hebrew)
- ^ Jewish Home blames Likud for leaking Gimpel video Times of Israel, 20 January 2013
- ^ Ex-Jewish Home minister Uri Orbach dies at 54 Times of Israel, 16 February 2015
- ^ Bayit Yehudi minister Uri Orbach dies at 54
External linksโป
- Uri Orbach on the Knesset website
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