Victor Brailovsky
Victor Brailovsky | |
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| Ministerial roles | |
| 2004 | Minister of Science & Technology |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1999-2006 | Shinui |
| 2006 | Secular Faction |
| Other roles | |
| 2005 | Shadow Minister of Immigrant Absorption |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1935 Moscow, Soviet Union |
Dr Victor Brailovsky (
Honorary Doctorate Degree from the Open University in England
.
Biography
Brailovsky was born in Moscow in 1935. He was an activist for aliyah and refusenik between 1972 and 1987, and was a Prisoner of Zion between 1981 and 1984. In 1987 he was allowed to immigrate with his family to Israel, where he worked as a professor of mathematics and computer science in Tel-Aviv University.
In the
1999 elections he was voted into the Knesset on Shinui
's list, and became a member of the Science and Technology and Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora Affairs committees.
Following the
Minister of Science and Technology, replacing fellow Shinui member Ilan Shalgi
. However, Shinui pulled out of the government less than a week later, and Brailovsky lost his cabinet post.
Following the split in Shinui, Brailovsky joined the Secular Faction (later Hetz). The party failed to cross the electoral threshold in the 2006 elections and he lost his seat.
External links
- Victor Brailovsky on the Knesset website
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