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Leon Litinetsky | |
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.jpg) Litinetsky in 2014 | |
| Faction represented in theKnesset | |
| 2008–2009 | Labor Party |
| 2014–2015 | Yisrael Beiteinu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1967-08-02)2 August 1967 (age 57) Kazan,Soviet Union |
Leon Litinetsky (Hebrew:לאון ליטינצקי; born 2 August 1967)[1] is an Israeli politician. He served as a member of theKnesset for theLabor Party between 2008 and 2009, and forYisrael Beiteinu between 2014 and 2015.
Born inKazan in theSoviet Union, Litinetsky studied medicine atKazan State University between 1984 and 1990, but did not graduate as heemigrated to Israel on 1 January 1991. Between 1995 and 1997 he studied at the ORT College inKfar Saba, before studying political science atTel Aviv University.
In 1995 he became a member of the Worker's Committee of theIsrael Electric Corporation. In 1999 he became an assembly member of theHistadrut and chairman of the National Organisation for Russian-speaking Israelis. In 2000 he was a delegate to theWorld Zionist Congress.
He was a member of Coordination Council of Compatriots in Israel and at one time was head of the organization.[2][3] This organization is run by the Russian government through the Military IntelligenceGRU Unit 54777.[4][5]
Litinetsky currently lives inKfar Saba, and is married to Luba with one child, Roni.
Litinetsky was placed ninth on theOne Nation list for the2003 Knesset elections. However, the party won only three seats.[6] In 2005 the party merged into theLabor Party and Litinetsky was placed 21st on the Labor-Meimad list for the2006 elections. Although the party won 19 seats, Litinetsky entered the Knesset on 2 July 2008 as a replacement forDanny Yatom who had resigned to go into business.
Placed 18th on the party's list, he lost his seat in the2009 elections as Labor was reduced to 13 seats. In the2013 elections, he ran on the jointLikud Yisrael Beitenu list. Although he failed to win a seat, he entered the Knesset on 5 November 2014 as a replacement forGideon Sa'ar.[7] He was placed twelfth on the Yisrael Beiteinu list for the2015 elections,[8] losing his seat when the party was reduced to six seats.
During the negotiations on the entry of Yisrael Beiteinu into the thirty-fourthIsraeli government in May 2016, Litinetsky was a member of the negotiating team on behalf of Yisrael Beiteinu, and during his discussions he was responsible for the reform of increasingold age pension in Israel.[9][10]
Since 2021 Litinetsky has served as a board member of theWorld Jewish Congress–Israel.
Order of Friendship (Russia, 21 August 2020)[11]