Avigdor Yitzhaki
Faction represented in the Knesset
2006–2008Kadima
Personal details
Born (1949-09-13) 13 September 1949
Tel Aviv, Israel

Avigdor Yitzhaki (Hebrew: אביגדור יצחקי, born 13 September 1949) is an Israeli politician. He is a former member of the Knesset for Kadima, having been the party's parliamentary group chairman and head of the coalition. He is the chairman of Friends of Schneider.

On 2 May 2007, Yitzhaki requested that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resign as soon as possible following the Winograd Commission's first report.[1] On 7 February 2008 he resigned from the Knesset due to "serious doubts over Ehud Olmert's ability to lead the government in the wake of the Winograd Report".[2]

References

  1. Olmert's party turns on him Israel Today, 2 May 2007
  2. Knesset to swear in 2nd Ethiopian MK Jerusalem Post, 8 February 2008
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