Famous People with Name Avraham

Avraham Ofer            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Avraham Ofer: was an Israeli politician, famous for committing suicide following the eruption of a corruption scandal.

Avraham Poraz            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Avraham Poraz: is an Israeli lawyer and former politician.From 1983 to 1988 he was a member of the Tel Aviv Municipal Council and chairman of the City Auditing Committee. He was chairman of the Shinui Party Secretariat from 1982 to 1983 and again from 1988 to 1990.

Avraham Sharir            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Avraham Sharir: is a former Israeli politician.He was elected to the ninth Knesset in 1977 for the Likud and again in 1981, 1984 and 1988. He was a member of the finance committee in the ninth Knesset and of the foreign affairs & defense committee in the twelfth. He was the Minister of Tourism in the tenth Knesset and also Minister of Justice in the eleventh.

Avraham Shochat            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Avraham Shochat: is a former Israeli politician who twice served as Minister of Finance.In 1967 Shochat became head of the Arad local council. In addition to his mayoral duties he was also deputy chairman of the Union of Local Authorities, chairman of the Development Towns Committee of the Union of Local Authorities.

Avraham Ofek            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Avraham Ofek: was an Israeli sculptor, muralist, painter and printmaker. Born in Bourgaz, Bulgaria, he immigrated to Israel in 1949, where he lived in Ein Hamifratz, a kibbutz near Haifa. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, as well as in Spain and in London, and later taught art in Jerusalem before being appointed head of the Art Department at Haifa University.