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Zion Pinyan

Zion Pinyan is an Israeli educator and politician who served as a Likud member of the Knesset from 2009 to 2013.

born 1951Likud Knesset memberDeputy mayor of TiberiasThe polio victims law

Occupation: politician, educator
Party: Likud

Zion Pinyan was born in 1951 in Morocco

Pinyan was born in Morocco in 1951 and moved to Israel with his family in 1956. He grew up in Tiberias. As a child he had polio and could not walk until age 11.

He studied education and teaching at the University of Haifa. He worked for many years as a teacher and became principal of a high school in Tiberias. He also lectured in mathematics at Ohalo College.

In 1989 Housing Minister David Levy appointed him to direct the neighborhood restoration project in northern Israel, and he received the President's Prize for this work. He was deputy mayor of Tiberias from 1992 to 2004.

He entered the Knesset in 2009 on the Likud list and served as coalition coordinator on the Finance Committee. He passed a law giving benefits to polio victims. He lost his seat in 2013.

He ran for mayor of Tiberias in 2013 and 2018 without success. After 2013 he led the opposition on the city council. He is married with 6 children and lives in Tiberias.