Victor Brailovsky

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Date of birth = 27 December 1935
Place of birth = Moscow, Soviet Union
Year of Aliyah = 1987
Date of death =
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 15th, 16th
Party = Secular Faction
Former parties = Shinui
Gov't roles = Minister of Science & Technology|

Dr Victor Brailovsky ( _he. ויקטור בריילובסקי, born 27 December 1935) is a former Israeli politician. He served as Minister of Science and Technology for six days in 2004.

Biography

Brailovsky was born in Moscow in 1937. He was an activist for aliyah, and was a Prisoner of Zion between 1972 and 1987, when he was allowed to immigrate to Israel, where he worked as a professor of mathematics and computer science.

In the 1999 elections he was voted into the Knesset on Shinui's list, and became a member of the Science and Technology and Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora Affairs committees.

Following the 2003 elections, in which Brailovsky retained his seat, Shinui joined Ariel Sharon's government. On 5 March 2003 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. On 29 November 2004 he became Minister of Science and Technology, replacing fellow Shinui member Ilan Shalgi. However, Shinui pulled out of the government less than a week later, and Brailovsky lost his cabinet post.

Following the split in Shinui, Brailovsky joined the Secular Faction (later Hetz). The party failed to cross the electoral threshold in the 2006 elections and he lost his seat.

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