Former Finance Minister Avraham Hirschson died Monday at the age of 81.
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Hirschson served as a member of the Knesset for both the Likud and Kadima parties between 1981 and 1984, and again from 1992 until 2009. During his parliamentary career, he held the posts of Communications, tourism, and finance minister.
In 2009 he was convicted of a string of crimes including aggravated fraud, theft, breach of trust, money laundering, and forgery of corporate documents after embezzling millions from the National Workers Labor Federation while he was its chairman.
He was sentenced to five and a half years in jail and ordered to pay a 450,000 shekels ($137,500) fine. He was granted early release in 2013.
Hirschson is survived by his three sons. The details on his funeral have yet to be released.
