Vladimir Beliak

Vladimir Beliak was born in 1973 in Kemerovo

Beliak was born in 1973 in Kemerovo, in the Soviet Union. His mother Maria was a manager at the Soviet electric company, and his father Nikolai was an electrician. As a young man he was on the Russian squad in the 400 and 800 meter runs.

He studied engineering and economics at the Kuzbass technical university. He then worked at a bank in public relations and later at the cellular company Beeline.

He moved to Israel in December 1998 and lived in Holon. He studied accounting at Tel Aviv University, qualified as an accountant in 2005, and became a partner in his firm in 2006. In 2008 he finished a master's degree in law at Bar-Ilan University, and from 2010 to 2019 he advised the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration on business for new immigrants.

He joined Yesh Atid in 2012 and helped draft a law on mandatory pensions for the self-employed. He entered the Knesset in January 2021 after Avi Nissenkorn resigned, and was elected again in 2021 and 2022. He served as coalition and later opposition coordinator on the Finance Committee.

After the October 7 massacre he worked to expand compensation for the self-employed and small businesses. In 2023 he received an award from the Movement for Quality Government.