Michael Kleiner

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Michael Kleiner
Faction represented in the Knesset
1982–1984Likud
1988–1992Likud
1996–1999Likud
1999Herut – The National Movement
1999–2000National Union
2000–2003Herut – The National Movement
Personal details
Born (1948-04-04) 4 April 1948 (age 76)
Munich, Germany

Michael Kleiner (Hebrew: מיכאל קליינר; born 4 April 1948) is an Israeli politician and was the leader of Herut – The National Movement[1] He is currently the President of the Supreme Court of the Israeli Likud party.

Biography

Michael Kleiner was born in Munich, Germany. His father was Ya'acov Kleiner[2] and his mother was Paula Zweigenhaft [3] (a first cousin of Rabbi Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft[3]), both of whom were originally from Sosnowiec, Poland.[2][3] Michael immigrated to Israel with his family in 1951.

Kleiner first entered the

Tkuma and Moledet
, but after a poor electoral showing of only four seats, Begin resigned from politics, and Kleiner assumed the party's leadership. Eventually breaking off from the National Union, Kleiner and Herut failed to be re-elected in the 2003 election.

Michael Kleiner is known for his uncompromising views on retaining territory reclaimed in the 1967

Zev Jabotinsky
.

Kleiner has consistently acted to thwart the Israeli government's destruction of Jewish communities in the

settlers
. He has not been a member of the 16th or 17th Knessets because his party did not meet the minimum vote requirement.

Since 2012, he is a member of the board of directors of the Ghetto Fighters House. He is also a chairman of the board of directors of the building company "Aura Israel".

In July 2013, he was elected President of the Supreme Court of Netanyahu's Likud party.[4] The Court is the party's highest judicial body in all matters pertaining to its constitution, and party members and divisions are subject to its decisions.

References

  1. ISBN 9780754671831
    . Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Ya'akov Kleiner - Profile". GENI.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Pesel "Paula" Kleiner -Profile". GENI.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ^ Likud court head vows to put law above ideology. Jerusalem Post 07/03/2013

External links

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