Name Robert Tiviaev 2012–2013 Hatnuah | Year of aliyah 1994 Role Israeli Politician | |
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Date of birth (1961-06-22) 22 June 1961 (age 54) Knessets Israeli legislative election, 2009 | ||
BORIS TENZER WITH COMMUNITY OF MOUNTAIN JEWS IN THE WORLD (December 10, 2012, New York)
Robert Tiviaev (Hebrew: רוברט טיבייב, born 22 June 1961) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima and Hatnuah between 2009 and 2013.
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Biography
Born in Derbent, Dagestan, in the Soviet Union (today in Russia), Tiviaev made aliyah to Israel in 1994 and settled in Ofakim. He became a member of the city council, and held the portfolio responsible for immigrant absorption. In addition, he chairs the Tehiya fund, which helps bring immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
A former member of Yisrael Beiteinu, prior to the 2009 elections he won twentieth place on the Kadima list, and entered the Knesset as the party won 28 seats. In 2012 he left to join the new Hatnuah party, and was placed fourteenth on its list for the 2013 elections. He lost his seat when the party won only six seats.
Tiviaev is married with two children and holds a master's degree in electrical engineering.