Idan Roll ( he, עִידָן רוֹל, born 27 April 1984) is an Israeli politician,
model
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and lawyer. He is currently
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
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and was a member of the
Knesset
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for
Yesh Atid
Yesh Atid ( he, יֵשׁ עָתִיד, , There Is a Future) is a liberal political party in Israel. Founded by Yair Lapid in 2012, it seeks to represent what it considers the centre of Israeli society: the secular middle class. It focuses pr ...
.
Biography
Roll was born in Jerusalem and moved to
Mevaseret Zion
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as a child, attending Harel High School. He started his national service in the
Israel Defense Forces
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in 2002, serving in the
Israeli Intelligence Corps
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in a technology unit in central Israel, before completing an officer course and becoming cadet commander. After completing his national service, he began serving in the reserves in the
Military Intelligence Directorate.
In 2007 he started studying at
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...
law school. Whilst at university, he joined
StandWithUs, and worked as a model. After graduating, he joined Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal's commercial department. He also completed a master's degree in public law, and later worked in law firms specialising in high-tech, mergers and acquisitions.
Political career
Having previously been a member of the
New Likudniks faction of
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 ...
, Roll joined the Yesh Atid party, and became head of its LGBTQ group.
[Israel 2019 elections: Meet the LGBTQ candidates]
A Wider Bridge, 19 March 2019 He was part of the Yesh Atid list for Tel Aviv-Yafo city council in the
2018 municipal elections. After the party joined the
Blue and White alliance for the
April 2019 Knesset elections, he was given the thirty-fourth slot on the joint list, and was subsequently elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 35 seats. Although he retained thirty-fourth place on the Blue and White list for the
early elections in September 2019, the alliance was reduced to 33 seats, resulting in Roll losing his seat.
He was placed thirty-fourth on the Blue and White list for the
March 2020 elections. Although the party won 33 seats, Roll entered the Knesset after
Yael German
Yael German ( he, יעל גרמן, born 4 August 1947) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who served as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid and the Blue and White alliance between 2013 and 2020. She was Minister of Health between 2013 and ...
(who was thirteenth on the list) retired. He was re-elected in the
2021 elections
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, in which Yesh Atid ran alone. He was subsequently appointed
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
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in the
new government, after which he gave up his Knesset seat under the
Norwegian Law. He was re-elected in the
2022 elections.
Personal life
On 5 March 2021 Roll married
pop singer
Harel Skaat
Harel Skaat ( he, הראל סקעת, born 8 August 1981) sometimes known by the mononym Harel is an Israeli singer and songwriter. He represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song " Milim" ("מילים", "Words").
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in
Provo,
Utah
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,
United States
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. They have a son, Ari, who was born via
surrogacy in August 2018 in
Tulsa
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,
Oklahoma
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, United States.
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1984 births
Living people
21st-century Israeli lawyers
21st-century Israeli military personnel
Blue and White (political alliance) politicians
Deputy ministers of Israel
Gay military personnel
Gay models
Gay politicians
Israeli male models
Israeli officers
Jewish Israeli politicians
Jewish male models
LGBT Jews
LGBT lawyers
LGBT members of the Knesset
Members of the 21st Knesset (2019)
Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021)
Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022)
Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–)
Models from Jerusalem
People of the Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel)
Politicians from Jerusalem
Tel Aviv University alumni
Yesh Atid politicians