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Stas Misezhnikov

Stas Misezhnikov is an Israeli politician who served as a Knesset member for Yisrael Beiteinu and as Minister of Tourism.

born 1969Serving as Minister of TourismChairing the Knesset Finance CommitteeConviction in Case 242

Born: 28 February 1969, Moscow
Occupation: politician
Party: Israel Our Home
Education: Tel Aviv University

Stas Misezhnikov was born in 1969 in Moscow

Misezhnikov was born in Moscow in the Soviet Union to Mikhail and Beatrisa. He immigrated to Israel on 7 September 1982 and went to high school in Rishon LeZion.

After his IDF service he studied at Tel Aviv University. He earned a BA in 1992 and an MA in business administration and marketing in 2000.

He was a parliamentary aide in the Knesset from 1997 to 1999 and a marketing manager at Clalit from 1999 to 2006. He sat on the Rishon LeZion city council from 2003. He entered the Knesset in 2006, chaired the Finance Committee from March 2007, and became Minister of Tourism in 2009 in Binyamin Netanyahu's government.

In December 2012 he announced he would not run in the 2013 elections. In October 2017 he was convicted under a plea deal of fraud and breach of trust in the Case 242 investigation and sentenced to 15 months in prison. He is married to Hila, has 3 children and lives in Rishon LeZion.