Danny Atar
Israeli politician
Daniel Atar (Hebrew: דניאל עטר; born 5 January 1958) is an Israeli politician. He was a member of the Knesset for the Zionist Union between 2015 and 2016.
Biography
Atar was born in Afula, Israel, to Jewish parents who had immigrated from Morocco in 1956. During his IDF national service he served in the Golani Brigade. He fought in the 1982 Lebanon War. He continued to serve in the army reserves, becoming a lieutenant colonel.
In 1994 he was elected leader of Gilboa Regional Council. While serving in that role he ran for the interim leadership of the Labor Party in 2003, winning 21.9% of the vote. In 2009, Atar was detained and investigated along with five other municipal workers for fraudulently receiving goods and mismanagement of campaign funds.
He was placed 16th on the Labor Party list for the 2013 Knesset elections, a spot reserved for the agricultural sector, but did not become a Knesset member as the party won only 15 seats.
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