Natan Sharansky
Israeli politician and refusenik (b. 1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Natan Sharansky[Note 1] (Hebrew: נתן שרנסקי; Russian: Натан Щаранский; Ukrainian: Натан Щаранський; born 20 January 1948) is an Israeli politician, human rights activist, and author. He served as Chairman of the Executive for the Jewish Agency from June 2009 to August 2018,[1] and currently serves as Chairman for the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), an American non-partisan organization. A former Soviet dissident, he spent nine years imprisoned as a refusenik during the 1970s and 1980s.
Quick Facts Ministerial roles, 1996–1999 ...
Natan Sharansky | |
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נתן שרנסקי | |
Ministerial roles | |
1996–1999 | Minister of Industry and Trade |
1999–2000 | Minister of Internal Affairs |
2001–2003 | Deputy Prime Minister |
2001–2003 | Minister of Housing & Construction |
2003–2005 | Minister of Jerusalem Affairs |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1996–2003 | Yisrael BaAliyah |
2006 | Likud |
Personal details | |
Born | Anatoly Borisovich Scharansky (1948-01-20) 20 January 1948 (age 76) Stalino, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Israeli |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (BMath) |
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