Alexander Tzinker
Dr Alexander "Sasha" Tzinker (Hebrew: אלכסנדר צינקר, born 2 January 1953) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael BaAliyah and the Democratic Choice between 1999 and 2003.
| Alexander Tzinker | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 January 1953 |
| Place of birth | Soviet Union |
| Year of aliyah | 1990 |
| Knessets | 15 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1999 | Yisrael BaAliyah |
| 1999–2003 | Democratic Choice |
Biography
Born in the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union, Tzinker gained an MA at the Polytechnic Institute in Armenia in 1975 and a PhD from the Moscow Scientific Center for Management in 1988. He worked as a systems analyst and made aliyah to Israel in 1990.
For the 1999 elections he was placed sixth on the Yisrael BaAliyah list,[1] and entered the Knesset as the party won six seats. On 20 July 1999, just over a month after the elections, Tzinker and Roman Bronfman left the party to establish a new Knesset faction; six days later it was renamed "Mahar" (a Hebrew acronym for Party for Society and Reforms), and in October adopted the name "Democratic Choice".[2]
Prior to the 2003 elections Tzinker left the Democratic Choice (which was to be allied to Meretz) and established a new party, Citizen and State, which he headed.[3] However, the party received only 1,566 votes (0.05%), well below the 1.5% election threshold, and Tzinker lost his seat.
In the run-up to the 2006 elections, Citizen and State was taken over by former Shinui MKs, led by Avraham Poraz, and renamed Hetz.
References
- Yisrael BaAliyah list Israel Democracy Institute
- Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset website
- Citizen and State list Israel Democracy Institute
External links
- Alexander Tzinker on the Knesset website