Simon Davidson ( he, סימון דוידסון, born 14 May 1970) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset 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 prima ...

. In the past he was chairman of the

Israel Swimming Association The Israel Swimming Association ( he, איגוד השחיה בישראל), founded in 1995, is the major swimming federation in Israel. It brings together all clubs in the country, organizes the Israeli swimming championships as well as the swimmin ...

Biography

Davidson was born in Vilnius in the Lithuanian SSR of the Soviet Union in 1970. Two years later in 1972 his family immigrated to Israel.Simon Davidson: Particulars
Knesset After completing his national service in the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

he earned a bachelor's degree in education. A swimmer, Davidson became a senior swimming coach. In 2016 he was appointed chairman of the

, and also became a member of the Olympic Committee of Israel. Entering politics, Davidson joined the Yesh Atid party and was placed twenty-second on its list for the March 2021 Knesset elections.Yesh Atid list
Central Elections Committee Although the party won only seventeen seats, he entered the Knesset in July 2021 as a replacement for Idan Roll, who resigned his seat under the

Norwegian law Norwegian law may refer to: *Norwegian Law (Israel), a law on the appointment of ministers and membership of the Knesset *Law of Norway Law in Norway follows a Civil law (legal system), civil law system. The Supreme Court of Norway, Supreme Court ...

after being appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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* 1970 births Living people Israeli male swimmers Israeli people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Israeli sports executives and administrators Israeli swimming coaches Jewish Israeli politicians Jewish Israeli sportspeople Lithuanian Jews Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022) Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–) Politicians from Vilnius Soviet emigrants to Israel Soviet Jews Yesh Atid politicians {{Israel-politician-stub