Gennady Riger ( he, גנדי ריגר‎; 24 May 1948 – 12 October 2015) was 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 BaAliyah Yisrael BaAliyah ( he, ישראל בעלייה, ; lit., ''Israel on the up'') was a political party in Israel between its formation in 1996 and its merger into Likud in 2003. It was formed to represent the interests of Russian immigrants by forme ...

between 1999 and 2003.

Biography

Born in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

, Riger studied mechanical engineering at

Lviv University The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...

, obtaining a second degree. He worked as an engineer before making

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 in 1990. In 1992 he was involved in founding the immigrant's party Da. In 1996 he became general secretary of another immigrant's party, Yisrael BaAliyah. He was placed fifth on the Yisrael BaAliyah list for the

1999 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1999. * 1999 electoral calendar Africa * 1999 Algerian presidential election * 1999 Botswana general election * 1999 Beninese parliamentary election * 1999 Central African Republic presidential elect ...

, and entered the Knesset as the party won six seats. He was placed fourth on the list for the 2003 elections,Candidates for the 16th Knesset
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs but lost his seat as the party was reduced to just 2 MKs. He later founded a political consulting firm, ''Politeck''. A father of one, Riger was married and lived in

Kfar Saba Kfar Saba ( he, כְּפַר סָבָא), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba i ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riger, Gennady 1948 births 2015 deaths Israeli mechanical engineers Israeli people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Jewish Israeli politicians Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003) People from Kfar Saba Soviet emigrants to Israel Soviet Jews 20th-century Ukrainian engineers Ukrainian Jews University of Lviv alumni Yisrael BaAliyah politicians