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Yosef Shagal

Yosef Shagal is an Israeli politician and former journalist who served as a Knesset member for Yisrael Beiteinu from 2006 to 2009 and as Israel's ambassador to Belarus.

born 1949Knesset member for Yisrael BeiteinuIsrael's ambassador to BelarusRussian language journalism on Israel Plus

Born: 25 March 1949, Baku
Occupation: politician, diplomat, journalist, television presenter
Party: Israel Our Home
Education: Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University

Yosef Shagal was born in 1949 in Baku

Shagal was born on 25 March 1949 in Baku, in the Soviet Union, to a family of Mountain Jewish heritage. He earned a BA in history at the Lenin Azerbaijan Teaching Institute.

He worked as a reporter and later as an editor at several newspapers in Azerbaijan. He moved to Israel in 1990, wrote for Russian language newspapers and presented a television program on Israel Plus.

He joined Yisrael Beiteinu in February 2006, won fourth place on its list and was elected to the 17th Knesset. He sat on the education, immigration and public petitions committees and initiated an amendment that ended beach entry fees for children up to age 13.

Placed low on the list before the 2009 elections, he left politics. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman named him as candidate for ambassador to Belarus, and a petition against the appointment was rejected. He served in the post until September 2015 and lives in Jerusalem, married with 2 children.

Yosef Shagal's life in 6 milestones

1949
Born in Baku.
1990
Immigrated to Israel.
2006
Elected to the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu.
2009
Left the Knesset and politics.
2011
Appointment as ambassador to Belarus approved by the government and received the Friendship Order.
2015
Ended his term as ambassador to Belarus.