Israel beytenu

..Avigdor Lieberman was born in 1958 in Moldova. In 1978, when Avigdor was on the verge of completing an academic degree in water engineering, the Lieberman family decided to immigrate to Israel. They settled in Jaffa, where Avigdor was sent to the Kibbutz Ulpan to learn Hebrew. He proceeded to the University of Beer Sheba pre-academic program, where he met his wife to be, Ella. Upon graduation of the program, Lieberman moved to Jerusalem, where he studied international relations and Slavic studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Following his marriage and military service, Lieberman lived in Jerusalem, and served as the Secretary of the National Workers' Union in Jerusalem. His next position was as a member of the Board of Directors of Economic Corporation of Jerusalem. In 1988 the Liebermans moved to the Nokdim (El-David) settlement in the Judean desert. It was at this period that Lieberman met Binyamin Netanyahu, and together they proceeded to attain leadership of the Likud party and later on, leadership of the State. As Director General of the Likud party, Lieberman rebuilt the party and helped solve its severe financial troubles. After winning the general elections, Lieberman was appointed Director General of the Prime Minister’s office. Two years later Lieberman abandoned politics and turned to the private business sector. In 1999, Lieberman founded the Yisrael Beytenu (Israel is our Home) Party and succeeded impressively, attaining four parliamentary seats. Lieberman served as Minister of National Infrastructures in the Sharon government. In this capacity Lieberman advanced the seawater desalination project, passed the national gas bill and addressed many other issues with a long term impact on the future of Israel. During the 2003 elections, Yisrael Beytenu joined the Moledet and Tekuma parties, a union that yielded seven parliamentary seats. Lieberman was appointed Minister of Transport, and dealt with several issues, among them the privatization of El-Al, privatization of the Port Authority and development of the Israel Train infrastructure. Avigdor Lieberman was a long standing member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. In the 2006 general elections, Avigdor Lieberman’s Israel Beytenu Party won close to 10% of the vote, attaining 11 members of Knesset, and becoming the fifth largest party in Knesset. Lieberman withdrew from the Coalition in January 2008 in protest against the Annapolis Convention.

In the 2009 elections for the 18th Knesset. Israel Beytenu attained 15 mandates, thus turning it into the third largest party in Israel.

Avigdor Lieberman was nominated Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position he holds today.

Date of Birth:    05/06/1958
Year of Aliyah:    1978
Place of Birth:    U.S.S.R., U.S.S.R.
Residence:    Nokdim
Family Status:    Married
Number of Children:    3

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