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Ophir Pines-Paz (born 11 July 1961) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i politician and former Internal Affairs Minister. He is currently a member of the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 for the Labor Party, and the Chairman of the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee.

to a Dutch father in Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion

Rishon LeZion , is the List of cities in Israel in Israel, located along the central Israeli Coastal Plain. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area with a population of 224,300 at the end of 2007....
, Pines-Paz graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
 and holds a M.A. in Public Policy from Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
 from 1979 to 1982.






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Ophir Pines-Paz (born 11 July 1961) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i politician and former Internal Affairs Minister. He is currently a member of the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 for the Labor Party, and the Chairman of the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee.

Biography

Born to a Dutch father in Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion

Rishon LeZion , is the List of cities in Israel in Israel, located along the central Israeli Coastal Plain. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area with a population of 224,300 at the end of 2007....
, Pines-Paz graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
 and holds a M.A. in Public Policy from Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
 from 1979 to 1982. He is currently married with two children, and lives in Ra'anana
Ra'anana

Ra'anana is a List of Israeli cities in the southern Sharon, Israel of the Center District of Israel of Israel. Ra'anana is bordered by Kfar Saba on the east and Herzliya on the west....
, Israel. He is a member of the Masorti (Conservative synagogue) congregation in Ramot, Jerusalem.

Political career

Pines-Paz was first elected to the Knesset in 1996. He retained his seat in the 1999 elections, and served as chairman of the parliamentary ruling coalition and as the chairman of the One Israel
One Israel

One Israel was an alliance of the Labor Party , Meimad and Gesher created to run for the Israeli legislative election, 1999....
 faction between 1999 and 2001. From 2001 to 2003 he served as the General Secretary of Labor Party.

He was re-elected again in 2003, and in 2005 was appointed Internal Affairs Minister
Internal Affairs Minister of Israel

The Interior Minister , also known as the Minister of Internal Affairs is head of the Israeli Ministry of Interior and an important portfolio in the Cabinet of Israel....
, serving in the cabinet until Labor pulled out of the government. After being re-elected in 2006 he was appointed Minister of Science, Culture, and Sport
Science, Culture and Sport Minister of Israel

The Science, Culture and Sport Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport and a relatively minor position in the Cabinet of Israel....
 in Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert is the incumbent Prime Minister of Israel. Olmert was the Mayor of Jerusalem of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. In 2003 he was elected to the Knesset and became a minister and Deputy leaders of Israel#Acting Prime Minister in the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon....
's government. However, he resigned from the cabinet in November 2006] in protest against the nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu being added to the coalition; and was the only Labor Party minister to vote against the party coming into the government, stating in an interview:

"The moment the government decided to allow the inclusion of Lieberman and his party, whose leaders are infected with racist and anti-democratic statements, I am left with no other choice."


In the Labor leadership election in 2007 he came fourth in the first round, switching his support to eventual winner Ehud Barak in the second round. He came second in the party's primary elections prior to the 2009 Knesset electiosn
Israeli legislative election, 2009

Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government....
, and took third place on the party list.

Awards

Pines-Paz is a recipient of the 2006 “Ometz” award given by "Citizens for Good Governance and Social Justice", and a recipient of the 1997 “Amitai” award for honest management and integrity.

Other public roles

He is a former Chairman of the Authority for Rehabilitation of Prisoners. He also served as Deputy Director-General of the Immigration and Absorption Department of the Jewish Agency
Jewish Agency for Israel

The Jewish Agency for Israel , also known as the Sochnut or JAFI, served as the pre-state Jewish government before the establishment of Israel and later became the organization in charge of immigration and absorption of Jews from the Diaspora....
.

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