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Nissan Slomiansky

Nissan Slomiansky is an Israeli politician who served in the Knesset for the National Religious Party and the Jewish Home, and was the first head of Elkana local council.

born 1946First head of Elkana councilKnesset member for National Religious PartyChairing the Knesset Finance CommitteeSecretary-general of Gush Emunim

Born: 10 January 1946, Ramat Gan
Occupation: politician, physicist
Party: National Religious Party
Education: Bar-Ilan University

Nissan Slomiansky was born in 1946 in Ramat Gan

Slomiansky was born in Ramat Gan in 1946 to parents from Poland. He went to the Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Nechalim.

He studied physics and mathematics at Bar-Ilan University and earned a teaching certificate. He was ordained as a rabbi at Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh and studied Jewish law at Tel Aviv University.

He served in the Nahal Paratroopers and reached the rank of first lieutenant. From 1977 he was the first head of Elkana local council, a post he held for more than two decades. He was also secretary-general of Gush Emunim.

He entered the Knesset in 1997 after the death of Avraham Stern and served again from 2003. In 2011 he became vice president of the Lander Institute. After returning to the Knesset in 2013, he chaired the Finance Committee and later the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.

In 2016 he faced claims of sexual harassment, which he denied, and he suspended himself from running the committee. The case was closed in 2017 for lack of evidence. He retired from politics in 2019. He is married with five children.

Nissan Slomiansky's life in 8 milestones

1946
Born in Ramat Gan.
1977
Became the first head of Elkana local council.
1997
Entered the Knesset for the National Religious Party.
2003
Returned to the Knesset.
2011
Appointed vice president of the Lander Institute.
2013
Elected to the Knesset for the Jewish Home and named Finance Committee chair.
2017
A police case against him was closed for lack of evidence.
2019
Retired from political life.