Elyakim Badian

Elyakim-Gustav Badian (Hebrew: אליקים-גוסטב בדיאן‎, born 12 December 1925, died 13 February 2000) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1977 and 1981.
Biography
Born in Chernivtsi in Romania (today in Ukraine), Badian joined the Zionist Movement. He attempted to make aliyah to Mandatory Palestine, but was captured by the British authorities and sent to one of the Cyprus internment camps in 1947, where he became a member of the High Committee. In 1949 he finally made aliyah.
He studied engineering at the Technion, and was later awarded an MBA by Tel Aviv University. He worked as an engineer, and was national secretary of the Engineers Union from 1968 until 1972, and again from 1974 until 1977.
Having been a member of the leadership of the Dor Hadash faction in the General Zionists, Badian became a member of the Liberal Party when the General Zionists merged into it in 1961. He became a member of the party...