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Natan Sharansky
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Israeli politician (born 1948)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- The case for democracy
- Never Alone
- The case for democracy
- Defending Identity
- Fear No Evil
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- 2006
- Likud
- 1996 1999
- Minister of Industry and Trade
- 1999 2000
- Minister of Internal Affairs
- 2001 2003
- Deputy Prime Minister
- 2003 2005
- Minister of Jerusalem Affairs
- 1996 2003
- Yisrael BaAliyah
- Born
- Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky , ( 1948-01-20 ) 20 January 1948 (age 78) , Stalino , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union
- Citizenship
- Israeli
- Spouse
- Avital Stieglitz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 )
- Alma mater
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology ( BMath )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Donetsk
- Spouse
- Avital Sharansky
- Occupation
- chess player
- Political party
- Yisrael BaAliyah
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
- Field of work
- literature
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Israel
- Image
- Natan Shernasky1.JPG
- Work location
- Jerusalem
- Significant event
- prisoner of conscience
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- Commons category
- Natan Sharansky
- date of birth
- 1948-01-01
- place of detention
- Lefortovo Prison
- name in native language
- נתן שרנסקי
- P10632
- Natan Sharansky
- archives at
- National Library of Israel
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Encyclopedic overview
Natan Sharansky (Hebrew: נתן שרנסקי; born 20 January 1948) is a Ukrainian-born, Israeli politician, professional chess player and author. He served as Chairman of the Executive for the Jewish Agency from June 2009 to August 2018, 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.
Biography
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