- Yoel Hasson
MKs
Date of birth =4 April 1972
Place of birth =Tel Aviv ,Israel
Year of Aliyah =
Date of death =
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 17th (current)
Party =Kadima
Former parties =
Gov't roles = Coalition Chairman|Yoel Hasson ( _he. יואל חסון, born
4 April 1972 ) is anIsrael ipolitician and a member of theKnesset forKadima .Biography
Born in
Tel Aviv , Hasson studied for a BA in government and public policy at theInterdisciplinary Center inHerzliya . He joined theBetar movement, and was head of the national leadership of its youth movement between 1998 and 2001. In 2001 he became chairman of the Council of Israeli Youth Movements, a position he held until 2003. Between 2001 and 2005 he also served as an adviser to Prime MinisterAriel Sharon . In 2004 he became chairman of theLikud youth, but left in 2005 to join Sharon's new party, Kadima.Hasson was placed 29th on Kadima's list for the 2006 elections, and with Kadima winning 29 seats, he was elected to the
Knesset . He currently serves as chairman of the Lobby for the Advancement of Young People in Israel and the Lobby for the Protection of Animals, as well as being named Chairman [ [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331046787&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter THE JERUSALEM POST "Coalition takes 'humiliating' losses in Knesset votes", By Rebecca Anna Stoil, Jul. 21, 2008] ] of the Coalition, Kadima's Parliamentary Group Chairman and the party's whip.References
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