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Gennady Riger

Gennady Riger was an Israeli engineer and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael BaAliyah from 1999 to 2003.

1948 to 2015Knesset member for Yisrael BaAliyahCo-founding the Da partyFounding the Politeck consulting firm

Born: 24 May 1948, Soviet Union
Died: 12 October 2015, Kfar Saba
Occupation: engineer, politician
Party: Yisrael BaAliyah, Da
Education: Lviv University

Gennady Riger was born in 1948 in Soviet Union

Riger was born in the Soviet Union on 24 May 1948. He studied mechanical engineering at Lviv University and earned a second degree. He worked as an engineer before he immigrated to Israel in 1990.

In 1992 he helped found Da, a party of immigrants from the former Soviet Union. From 1993 to 1994 he coordinated the Zionist Forum. In 1996 he became general secretary of Yisrael BaAliyah, another immigrant party.

He was fifth on the party list in the 1999 elections and entered the 15th Knesset when the party won 6 seats. He served on several Knesset committees. In the 2003 elections he was fourth on the list, but the party won only 2 seats and he lost his place.

After that he founded Politeck, a political consulting firm. Among its clients was Shas, which it advised on ties with immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Riger was married, had one daughter, and lived in Kfar Saba, where he was buried after his death on 12 October 2015.