Gennady Riger (‎; 24 May 1948 – 12 October 2015) was 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

Yisrael BaAliyah Yisrael BaAliyah (, ) 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 former refuseniks Natan Sharansky and Yuli-Yoel Edelstein. ...

between 1999 and 2003.

Biography

Born in the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

, Riger studied mechanical engineering at

Lviv University The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (named after Ivan Franko, ) is a state-sponsored university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since 1940 the university is named after Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko. The university is the oldest institution of highe ...

, obtaining a second degree. He worked as an engineer before emigrating to Israel in 1990. In 1992 he was involved in founding the Da party, which was dominated by immigrants from the former Soviet Union. In 1996 he became general secretary of another immigrant party, Yisrael BaAliyah. He was placed fifth on the Yisrael BaAliyah list for the 1999 elections, 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 ( ), officially Kfar Sava , is a List of Israeli cities, city in the Sharon plain, Sharon region, of the Central District (Israel), Central District of State of Israel, Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-l ...

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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 Jewish Ukrainian politicians University of Lviv alumni Yisrael BaAliyah politicians