Alon Schuster
notability.(July 2021) ) |
Alon Schuster | |
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Minister of Agriculture | |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2019–2020 | Blue and White |
2021–2022 | Blue and White |
2022– | National Unity |
Personal details | |
Born | Rehovot, Israel | 2 March 1957
Alon Natan Schuster (
Biography
Schuster was born in
He subsequently worked at the Sha'ar HaNegev Education Centre as a teacher and deputy principal. During the 1990s he served as secretary of Mefalsim. In 1998 he ran for election to become mayor of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council, but was beaten by Shai Hermesh. In March 2002 he became Hermesh's deputy, and was elected mayor of the council later in the year after Hermesh became treasurer of the Jewish Agency.[2] As a member of the Labor Party, he was given the 105th slot on the Zionist Union list for the 2015 Knesset elections.
Prior to the April 2019 elections he joined the new Israel Resilience Party. After the party became part of the Blue and White alliance, he was given the twenty-seventh slot on the joint list,[3] and was subsequently elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 35 seats. He was re-elected in September 2019 and 2020. In May 2020 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the new government. He subsequently resigned his Knesset seat under the Norwegian Law and was replaced by Michal Cotler-Wunsh. He was re-elected to the Knesset in the March 2021 elections, and again in the November 2022 elections. He currently serves in the Knesset as a Member of the National Unity Party.
Schuster is married to Lizzie and has four children. He is a supporter of Hapoel Tel Aviv.
References
- ^ a b "Current Knesset Members". knesset.gov.il. Archived from the original on 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Schuster finds success as region's new leader San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, 6 December 2002
- ^ 2019 Blue and White list CEC
External links
- Alon Schuster on the Knesset website