Roni Brizon
{{Short description|Israeli politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image = Roni Brizon (IMG 9723).jpg
|caption = Brizon in 2003
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|10|16|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
|death_date =
|death_place =
|office1 = Faction represented in the Knesset
|suboffice1 = Shinui
|subterm1 = 2003–2006
|suboffice2 = Secular Faction
|subterm2 = 2006
|office6 = Other roles
| suboffice6 = Shadow Minister of Internal Affairs
|subterm6 = 2005
| suboffice7 = Shadow Minister of Religious Affairs
|subterm7 = 2005
|}}
Aharon "Roni" Brizon ({{langx|he|אהרן "רוני" בריזון}}; born 16 October 1944) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shinui and the Secular Faction between 2003 and 2006.
Biography
Born in Tel Aviv, Brizon gained a BA in political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a BA in philosophy from Tel Aviv University. in 1999, Brizon joined the Shinui party, and began to write in Tel Aviv's local press under the pen name "Inj Krid Leper"{{Cite web|title=על הישיבות הקדושות|url=http://www.hofesh.org.il/crime/misc/holy_yeshivot.html|access-date=2021-03-02|website=www.hofesh.org.il}}
For the 2003 elections he was placed tenth on the Shinui list,[https://en.idi.org.il/media/6823/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%99-16.pdf Shinui list] Israel Democracy Institute and entered the Knesset when the party won 15 seats. During his first term he was a member of the House Committee, the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee, the Finance Committee and the Committee on Foreign Workers. Along with most of the party's MKs, he defected to the Secular Faction (which later became Hetz) shortly before the 2006 elections following disagreements over the results of Shinui's primary results. He was placed second on the Hetz list for the elections,[https://www.knesset.gov.il/elections17/eng/list/list_eng.asp?id=31 List of Candidates: Hetz] Knesset website but lost his seat when the party failed to cross the electoral threshold.
On March 25, 2007, Brizon became Israel's Trade Commissioner within the Israeli Delegation to the European Union.{{Cite news|title=משרד ראש הממשלה|language=he|work=GOV.IL|url=http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMO/Templates/Spokesman.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7B9E1117C0-73B6-4E9D-A463-D0580153FD6E%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/PMO/Government/secritery/Press/govmes250307.htm&NRCACHEHINT=Guest#eight|access-date=2021-03-02}}
Brizon later joined Hatnuah, and was placed twentieth on its list for the 2013 elections.[http://en.idi.org.il/media/2052093/Hatnua.pdf Hatnua Candidates for the 19th Knesset] Israel Democracy Institute However, the party won only six seats.
References
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External links
- {{MKlink|id=745}}
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Category:Politicians from Tel Aviv
Category:Tel Aviv University alumni
Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Social Sciences alumni
Category:Hetz (political party) politicians
Category:Members of the 16th Knesset (2003–2006)
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