Yosef Shagal
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| Date of birth | 25 March 1949 |
| Year of Aliyah | 1990 |
| Knesset(s) | 17th (current) |
| Party | Yisrael Beiteinu |
Yosef Shagal (Hebrew: יוסף שגל, born 25 March 1949) is an Azerbaijani-Israeli politician and former journalist. He is currently a Member of the Knesset for the Russian-immigrant dominated Yisrael Beiteinu.
[edit] Background
Born in Baku in the Soviet Union, Shagal studied history at university. After gaining a BA, he began working as a journalist. He made aliyah in 1990, and worked as a reporter for Israel Plus, the country's Russian language station.
Shagal joined Yisrael Beiteinu, a nationalist party dominated by immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in February 2006, just a month before the 2006 elections. Despite his late entry to politics, he won fourth spot on the party's list,[1] and was elected to the Knesset when it won eleven seats.
Today he lives in Jerusalem and is married with two children.
[edit] References
- ^ Securing a Knesset seat in only one month Jerusalem Post, 21 May 2006
[edit] External links
- Yosef Shagal Knesset website (English)
- official english Yisrael Beytenu webpage
- Yosef Shagal Bio on Party Website
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