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Alon Schuster

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Alon Schuster
Schuster in 2018
Ministerial roles
2020–2021Minister of Agriculture
Faction represented in theKnesset
2019–2020Blue and White
2021–2022Blue and White
2022–National Unity
Personal details
Born(1957-03-02)2 March 1957(age 67)
Rehovot,Israel

Alon Natan Schuster(Hebrew:אלון נתן שוסטר,born 2 March 1957) is an Israeli politician currently serving as a member of the Knesset for theNational Unity Party.He was mayor ofSha'ar HaNegev Regional Councilbetween 2002 and 2018, theMinister of Agriculturefrom 2020 to 2021 and theDeputy Minister of Defensefrom 2021 to 2022.[1]

Biography

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Schuster was born inRehovotin 1957;[1]his father was from Germany and mother from Argentina. After leaving school he did aService YearinSderotbefore enlisting in theIsrael Defense Forcesfor his national service, joining theNahal Brigade.He lost the sight in one eye in 1981 after being wounded during preparations for the1982 Lebanon War.After the war he studied atBen-Gurion University of the Negevand graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics.

He subsequently worked at the Sha'ar HaNegev Education Centre as a teacher and deputy principal. During the 1990s he served as secretary of Mefalsim. In 1998 he ran for election to become mayor of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council, but was beaten byShai Hermesh.In March 2002 he became Hermesh's deputy, and was elected mayor of the council later in the year after Hermesh became treasurer of theJewish Agency.[2]As a member of theLabor Party,he was given the 105th slot on theZionist Unionlist for the2015 Knesset elections.

Prior to theApril 2019 electionshe joined the newIsrael Resilience Party.After the party became part of theBlue and Whitealliance, he was given the twenty-seventh slot on the joint list,[3]and was subsequently elected to theKnessetas the alliance won 35 seats. He was re-elected inSeptember 2019and2020.In May 2020 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in thenew government.He subsequently resigned his Knesset seat under theNorwegian Lawand was replaced byMichal Cotler-Wunsh.He was re-elected to the Knesset in theMarch 2021 elections,and again in theNovember 2022 elections.He currently serves in the Knesset as a Member of theNational Unity Party.

Schuster is married to Lizzie and has four children. He is a supporter ofHapoel Tel Aviv.

References

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  1. ^ab"Current Knesset Members".knesset.gov.il.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-10-26.Retrieved2021-07-12.
  2. ^Schuster finds success as region's new leaderSan Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, 6 December 2002
  3. ^2019 Blue and White listCEC
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