Efraim Taburi Explained

Birth Date:5 September 1900
Birth Place:Tulchyn, Russian Empire
Suboffice1:Mapai
Subterm1:1949–1955

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

Biography

Born Efraim Popik 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.