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'''Yitzhak Moda'i''' ({{lang-he|יצחק מודעי}}, born ] ], died ] ]) was an ]i politician, who served five terms in the Israeli ] for ] and then the ] over the course of a 20 year career. |
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'''Yitzhak Moda'i''' ({{lang-he|יצחק מודעי}}, born ] ], died ] ]) was an ]i politician, who served five terms in the Israeli ] for ] and then the ] over the course of a 20 year career. |
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Moda'i was a member of the now-defunct ], which later merged into the ]. He was a member of several Likud cabinets, and served as a ], ], ], ] and Energy and Infrastructure Minister. He is best known for the 1985 economic stabilization plan that managed to curtail Israel's ] of the early 1980s, which he, as Finance Minister, devised together with then-Prime Minister ].<ref></ref> Thanks to the plan, the ] averted total collapse and inflation was reduced from an annual rate of almost 450% to less than 20% in less than two years. This plan has become a model for other countries facing similar economic situations. |
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Moda'i was a member of the now-defunct ], which later merged into the ]. He was a member of several Likud cabinets, and served as a ], ], ], ] and ]. He is best known for the 1985 economic stabilization plan that managed to curtail Israel's ] of the early 1980s, which he, as Finance Minister, devised together with then-Prime Minister ].<ref></ref> Thanks to the plan, the ] averted total collapse and inflation was reduced from an annual rate of almost 450% to less than 20% in less than two years. This plan has become a model for other countries facing similar economic situations. |
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In 1990 he and four other MKs (all of them former members of the Liberal Party) broke away from Likud to form the ''Party for the Advancement of the Zionist Idea'', later renamed the ''New Liberal Party''. The party failed to cross the ] in the ] and Moda'i lost his seat. |
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In 1990 he and four other MKs (all of them former members of the Liberal Party) broke away from Likud to form the ''Party for the Advancement of the Zionist Idea'', later renamed the ''New Liberal Party''. The party failed to cross the ] in the ] and Moda'i lost his seat. |
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In 1990 he and four other MKs (all of them former members of the Liberal Party) broke away from Likud to form the Party for the Advancement of the Zionist Idea, later renamed the New Liberal Party. The party failed to cross the electoral threshold in the 1992 elections and Moda'i lost his seat.
