Avigdor Lieberman

(1958 - )

Avigdor Lieberman was born in 1958 in the USSR and immigrated to Israel in 1978.

He holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Founder of the Yisrael Beiteinu party and the Zionist Forum, Lieberman served as Secretary of the National Workers' Union in Jerusalem; Chairman, Board of Directors of Information Industries; Member, Board of Directors of Economic Corporation of Jerusalem (1983-1988); Director of the Likud Movement (1993-1996); and Director-General Prime Minister's Office (1996-1997).

Elected to the Knesset in 1999, he served as a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

In March 2001, Avigdor Lieberman was appointed Minister of National Infrastructures. He resigned his post in March 2002. 

He served as Minister of Transportation from February 2003 until June 2004.

In October 2006, Avigdor Liberman was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs.

He is married, with three children.