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.

Avigdor Yitzhaki
Faction represented in the Knesset
2006–2008Kadima
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Born (1949-09-13) 13 September 1949 (age 74)
Tel Aviv, Israel

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]

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  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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