Stas Misezhnikov

Stas Misezhnikov
Date of birth	28 February 1969 (1969-02-28) (age 40)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Year of aliyah	1982
Knesset(s)	17th, 18th (current)
Party	Yisrael Beiteinu
Gov't roles (current in bold)	Minister of Tourism

Stas Misezhnikov (Hebrew: סטס מיסז'ניקוב‎; Russian: Стас Мисежников, born 28 February 1969) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu and as the country's Minister of Tourism.

Biography

Born in Moscow in the Soviet Union (today in Russia), Misezhnikov made aliyah to Israel on 7 September 1982. In 1992 he gained a BA in social and political sciences from Tel Aviv University. Eight years later he was awarded an MA in business administration and marketing by the same institution. Between 1997 and 1999 he worked as a parliamentary aide in the Knesset, and then from 1999 until 2006 as a marketing manager at Clalit.

In 2003 he became a member of Rishon LeZion city council, on which he served until 2006. For the 2006 Knesset elections he was placed sixth on the Yisrael Beiteinu list,^[1] and became a Knesset member when the party won 11 seats. He retained his seat in the 2009 elections, for which he was placed third on the party's list. Following the election he was appointed Minister of Tourism in Binyamin Netanyahu's government.^[2]

References

External links

• Stas Misezhnikov Knesset website

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