Asher Fentahun Seyoum (; born 20 August 1971) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( , ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Israel. The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supe ...

for

Kulanu Kulanu () was a centrist political party in Israel founded by Moshe Kahlon that focused on economic and cost-of-living issues. History The party was established on 27 November 2014 following months of speculation that Kahlon would form a new ...

in 2019.

Biography

Seyoum emigrated to Israel from

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in 1984 at the age of 13.Ethiopian oleh closes personal circle as Jewish Agency shaliach
Jewish Agency His family initially lived in a

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absorption centre in

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, and Seyoum went on to attend a boarding school. During his national service, he was a physical education instructor. After leaving the army, he worked in Kfar Haroeh at Ben Yakir for eight years. He later worked at the

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, before becoming director of country's largest immigrant absorption centre in

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. After joining the new

party prior to the

2015 elections Africa * 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015 * 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015 * 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015 * 2015 Burundian presidential election 21 July 2015 * 2015-16 Central African gene ...

, Seyoum was placed fourteenth on the

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. Although the party won only ten seats in the elections, Seyoum entered the Knesset on 2 January 2019 as a replacement for

Yoav Gallant Yoav Gallant (; born 8 November 1958) is an Israeli politician and former military officer who served as Ministry of Defense (Israel), minister of defense between 2022 and 2024. Gallant was an officer in the Southern Command (Israel), Southern ...

.Replacements Among Knesset Members
Knesset Despite being moved up to eighth place for the April 2019 elections, he lost his seat as Kulanu were reduced to four seats.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seyoum, Fentahun 1971 births Ethiopian emigrants to Israel Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019) Kulanu politicians Living people