Alex Miller ( he, אלכס מילר, born 4 April 1977) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

for

Yisrael Beiteinu Yisrael Beiteinu ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּיתֵנוּ, russian: Наш Дом Израиль, lit. ''Israel Our Home'') is a secularist, nationalist right-wing political party in Israel. The party's base was originally secular Russia ...

from 2006 until 2013 and again from 2014 until 2015. He is currently chairman of the

Histadrut Histadrut, or the General Organization of Workers in Israel, originally ( he, ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל, ''HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael''), is Israel's national trade union center ...

division for work with repatriates and interaction with national institutions, chairman of the Board of Directors of the educational network "Amal" and a member of the board of directors of the Company of Culture and Sports Centers.

Biography

Born in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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(now

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), Miller made

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

to Israel on 29 January 1992. He gained a BA in education and an MA in Public Policy. For the 2006 Knesset elections he was placed tenth on the Yisrael Beiteinu list, and became a Knesset member when the party won 11 seats. During his first term he chaired the subcommittee for alternative energy sources.Knesset profile
/ref> Moved down to fifteenth on the party's list for the

2009 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2009. * Electoral calendar 2009 * 2009 United Nations Security Council election Caribbean * 2009 Antiguan general election * 2009 Aruban general election * 2009 Caymanian constitutional referendu ...

, Miller barely retained his seat as Yisrael Beitenu won 15 seats. For the 2013 elections he was placed 33rd on the joint

Likud Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon ...

Yisrael Beiteinu list, and lost his seat as the alliance won only 31 seats. However, he returned to the Knesset on 6 August 2014 as a replacement for

Carmel Shama Carmel Shama-Hacohen ( he, כרמל שאמה הכהן, born 16 August 1973) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud in two spells between 2009 and 2014, before becoming Israel's envoy to the OECD, UNESC ...

, who resigned after becoming Israel's envoy to the

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. He was placed eleventh on the party's list for the

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,Yisrael Beiteinu list
Central Elections Committee losing his seat when the party was reduced to six seats. On 18 January 2021 Miller was appointed chairman of the Board of Directors of the educational network "Amal". On 14 September 2021 he was appointed chairman of the

division for work with repatriates and interaction with national institutions.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Alex 1977 births Politicians from Moscow Israeli Jews Russian Jews Living people Yisrael Beiteinu politicians Israeli settlers Members of the 17th Knesset (2006–2009) Members of the 18th Knesset (2009–2013) Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–2015) Deputy Speakers of the Knesset