Gideon Gadot (Hebrew: גדעון גדות, 1 April 1941 – 21 September 2012) was an Israeli journalist and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1984 and 1992.
Born Gideon Foreman in Bnei Brak during the Mandate era, Gadot attended the Mikveh Israel agricultural high school before studying sociology and communications at university in South Africa.
He joined the Betar youth movement in 1951, and was a member of the organisation's national leadership between 1965 and 1968.
[2] In 1984 he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list (then an alliance of Herut and other right-wing parties).
He was re-elected in 1988 and appointed Deputy Speaker, a position he held for four years.