Natan Sharansky
Natan Sharansky (Hebrew: נתן שרנסקי; Russian: Ната́н Щара́нский; Ukrainian: Натан Щаранський, born Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky on 20 January 1948) is a Soviet dissident and later Israeli politician, human rights activist and author who spent nine years in Soviet prisons as a refusenik during the 1970s and 1980s. He served as Chairman of the Executive for the Jewish Agency from June 2009 to August 2018. Sharansky currently serves as chairman for the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), an American non-partisan organization.
Natan Sharansky | |
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נתן שרנסקי | |
Sharansky in 2019 | |
| 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 20 January 1948 Stalino, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (BMath) |
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