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Template:MKs Eliyahu (Eli) Gabai (Hebrew: אליהו גבאי, born 5 January 1943) is an Israeli politician and Member of the Knesset. He belongs to the National Religious Party.
Gabai was born in Baghdad, Iraq and emigrated with his family in 1951. The ysettled in Pardes Hanna and he studied at 'Mikveh Israel" agricultural school. He later served with the IDF and studied at Kfar HaRoeh's Bnei Akiva teachersw seminary. Gabai later completed a BA in political science at Bar Ilan University and began his MA studies.
Gabai worked as a teacher in Ashkelon, progressing between the years 1971 - 1992 to become a school principal in Jerusalem, head of the education and culture division of Mevaseret Tzion local council, national supervisor for welfare in the national-religious education division with the Israeli Ministry of Education, and also becoming director general of an organization for communal education within the Ministry.
In 1993, Gabai entered politics and was nominated for Jerusalem's city council. He served as Chairman of the Education Committee and a member of the municipality's executive in-charge of tourism and industry. In 1996 he was appointed as head of Lakiya local council, appointed by the Minister of Interior, and held these positions for one year. He then returned to his posts in Jerusalem, appointed as Deputy Mayor. In 1998 he resigned from his posts, replacing the deceased Zevulon Hammer as Member of Knesset.
Gabai was nominated to the 15th and Sixteenth Knessets, but he failed to get elected. In 2006 he was re-elected to the 17th Knesset.
Gabai is married and a father of three. His son, Yair Gabai, is a member of Jerusalem's cityc council.