Efraim Taburi

Efraim Taburi
Date of birth 5 September 1900
Place of birth Tulchyn, Russian Empire
Year of aliyah 1924
Date of death 7 April 1957 (aged 56)
Knessets 1, 2
Faction represented in Knesset
1949–1955 Mapai

Efraim Taburi (Hebrew: אפרים תבורי‎, born Efraim Popik on 5 September 1900, died 7 April 1957) was a Zionist activist and politician.

Biography

Born in Tulchyn in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine), Taburi was a member of Socialist Zionist movements. He was arrested by the Soviet authorities, and in 1924 made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine, where he worked for Tel Aviv city council. In 1927 he became secretary of the Tel Aviv branch of Ahdut HaAvoda, and in 1929 became a member of the Tel Aviv Workers Council. He also served as a member of the Assembly of Representatives.

In 1949 he was elected to the first Knesset on the Mapai list. He was re-elected in 1951, but lost his seat in the 1955 elections. He died in 1957 at the age of 56.

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