Yoel Hasson

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Yoel Hasson

Date of birth	4 April 1972
Place of birth	Tel Aviv, Israel
Knesset(s)	17th (current)

Yoel Hasson (Hebrew: יואל חסון‎, born 4 April 1972) is an Israeli politician and a member of the Knesset for Kadima.

[edit] Biography

Born in Tel Aviv, Hasson studied for a BA in government and public policy at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. He joined the Betar movement, and was head of the national leadership of its youth movement between 1998 and 2001. In 2001 he became chairman of the Council of Israeli Youth Movements, a position he held until 2003. Between 2001 and 2005 he also served as an advisor to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. In 2004 he became chairman of the Likud youth, but left in 2005 to join Sharon's new party, Kadima.

Hasson was placed 29th on Kadima's list for the 2006 elections, and with Kadima winning 29 seats, he was elected to the Knesset. He currently serves as chairman of the Lobby for the Advancement of Young People in Israel and the Lobby for the Protection of Animals, as well as being Deputy Chairman of the Coalition, Kadima's Parliamentary Group Chairman and the party's whip.