Avi Nissenkorn | |
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אבי ניסנקורן | |
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| Ministerial roles | |
| 2020–2021 | Minister of Justice |
| Faction represented in theKnesset | |
| 2019–2021 | Blue and White |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1967-03-20)20 March 1967 (age 58) Afula, Israel |
Abraham Daniel "Avi" Nissenkorn (Hebrew:אברהם דניאל "אבי" ניסנקורן; born 20 March 1967)[1] is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He served as a member of theKnesset forBlue and White from 2019 to 2021, and asMinister of Justice from 2020 to 2021. He previously served as General Secretary (chairman) of theHistadrut labor union between June 2014 and March 2019. He currently serves as Chairperson of the Executive Board ofBen-Gurion University of the Negev.[2]
Avraham (Avi) Nissenkorn was born inAfula to Israel and Ilana, physicians whoimmigrated from Poland.[1] He was Israel's youth sprinting champion, and holds the underage Israeli record for 200 m.[3] He participated in the1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres.[4] In theIsrael Defense Forces, he served as a sports instructor atBahad 4.[1]
Nissenkorn studied atTel Aviv University and earned a bachelor's degree in law.[1]
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Nissenkorn met his wife Andrea while studying at Tel Aviv University. They have two children, Ori and Ron and live inHod HaSharon.[1][3] His younger son Ron has severe epilepsy.[3]
Nissenkorn started his career with an internship at Benjamin M. Cohen and Associates, aTel Aviv law firm.[1]
Nissenkorn began at the Histadrut trade union in the late 1990s, as head of thecollective agreement department. He continued as head of the legal department of Histadrut's professional unions.[1] In this capacity, he participated in negotiations related to large-scale government reforms, such as the transition from budgetary to cumulative pensions,Bezeq's privatization and others.[5] In 2001 he founded a private law firm specializing in labor laws, and returned to Histadrut in 2010 at Eini's request, to chair the professional unions—a position considered second only to the general secretary. He sold the private firm toOrna Lin & Co.[1][6]
In May 2014, following chairmanOfer Eini's resignation, Nissenkorn ran uncontested in an internal leadership election, where Histadrut's 171-member parliament would pick the new chairman, as a member of Eini'sOganim faction. The election itself was contested by Labor politicianEitan Cabel. Cabel claimed that the internal election was illegal and that in the case of a chairman's resignation, general Histadrut elections would have to be called. The case reached theSupreme Court, where it was struck down.[6]
As chairman, Nissenkorn helped finalise a deal that ensured contract workers working for government agencies would move to direct employment, and agreements for general pay raises for government employees. However, he was criticized for not doing enough to curb the contract worker phenomenon in practice, as well as over-representing major labor unions at the expense of ordinary workers.[1]
In February 2016, Nissenkorn registered as a member of theLabor Party.[7] In February 2019, in the lead-up to theApril 2019 national elections, Nissenkorn joined theIsrael Resilience Party led byBenny Gantz.[8] He was placed fifth on the party list,[9] and was reportedly promised a ministership by Gantz should the faction succeed in forming a government.[10] On 17 May 2020, Nissenkorn was sworn in as Israeli Minister of Justice.[11] In December 2020, he announced that he would joinRon Huldai's new party,The Israelis.[12] He was replaced byVladimir Beliak.[13] Nissenkorn left The Israelis on 31 January 2021.[14]
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