- Reuven Rivlin
MKs
Date of birth = Birth date and age|1939|9|9|df=y
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Knesset(s) = 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th,
17th (current)
Party =Likud
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Gov't roles = Minister of CommunicationsReuven Rivlin ( _he. ראובן ריבלין, born
9 September ,1939 ) is anIsrael i lawyer, politician, member of theKnesset from theLikud party, and former Speaker of the Knesset. In 2007 he ran for the election for President as the candidate of the Likud party. He withdrew after the first round of voting when it became clear that Kadima MKShimon Peres had sufficiently broad support to inevitably win in a run-off.Born in
Jerusalem , he received an LL.B. from theHebrew University of Jerusalem .He was first elected to the 12th Knesset in 1988. He was also elected to the 14th through the 17th Knesset Assemblies. He was the Minister of Communications from March 2001 until February 2003, when he was elected Speaker of the 16th Knesset (to 2006). He has been criticized for breaking the tradition of political neutrality of Knesset speakers. He was one of
Ariel Sharon 's harshest critics regardingIsrael's unilateral disengagement plan , and had a public confrontation withAharon Barak , Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, concerning the court's authority to declare legislation unconstitutional.He served as Chairman of the
Likud Party from 1988 to 1993.He is married and has four children.
ee also
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List of Likud Knesset Members External links
* [http://www.rivlinfamily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=181&lang=eng Reuven Rivlin on the official Rivlin family website (in English)]
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