Avraham Duvdevani

Avraham Duvdevani is an Israeli politician and activist who served as the chairman of the World Zionist Organization and is currently the chairman of the Jewish National Fund.

Early life and education

Duvdevani was born in Jerusalem on August 5, 1945, to an Orthodox Jewish and Zionist family. He attended Netiv Meir Yeshiva and the Kfar Hasidim Yeshiva. He then enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces as a paratrooper and participated in the occupation of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War. He proceeded to earn a bachelor's degree in Jewish history and educational administration and a master's degree in sociology of education from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

In 2010, he was unanimously elected the chairman of the World Zionist Organization. Among other roles, he had been the Director General of World Bnei Akiva, the head of the Informal Education track at Orot Israel College, and a member of the board of governors and an executive for the Jewish Agency. In 2020, it was announced that he would become the global chairman of the Jewish National Fund. He assumed the role on November 15, 2020. Duvdevani is married with four children and lives in Ramat Gan.