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Knesset 17
2006-04-17 – 2009-02-24
Party Groupings
Kadima
29 seats
Labor Under Ehud Barak
18 seats
Likud
12 seats
Shas
12 seats
Yisrael Beitenu
11 seats
Gil Pensioners Party
6 seats
Habayit Hayehudi - Mafdal
5 seats
Meretz-Yahad
5 seats
Agudat Yisrael
4 seats
Ra`am-Ta`al
4 seats
Hadash
3 seats
National Democratic Assembly
3 seats
Achi
2 seats
Degel Hatorah
2 seats
Moledet - Ichud Leumi
2 seats
Meimad
1 seat
The Right Way
1 seat
What’s in this dataset?
As much as we know. Here’s a taste of the information we have so far.
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Avigdor Itzchaky
Kadima (until 2008-02-10)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949-09-13 |
| wikidata | Q2916693 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/02qy7w2 |
Dan Naveh
Likud (until 2007-02-27)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960-06-21 |
| wikidata | Q2910042 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04jc4_k |
David Azoulay
Shas
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954-05-05 |
| Died | 2018-10-30 |
| wikidata | Q2331314 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04q3psb |
| wikitree | אזולאי-4 |
Eliahu Gabbay
Habayit Hayehudi - Mafdal
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943-01-05 |
| wikidata | Q2907245 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04my4d6 |
Eliyahu Yishai
Shas
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962-12-26 |
| wikidata | Q557424 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/02skf3 |
| isni | 0000 0004 0256 263X |
Haim Katz
Likud (from 2006-11-21)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947-12-21 |
| wikidata | Q2583214 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/02ryfrx |
| youtube | UCfXnYTVB9ASM447oS17MakQ |
| google_plus | 108984772672038187258 |
Israel Hasson
Yisrael Beitenu
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955-04-27 |
| wikidata | Q1385119 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0cfy91 |
| pace | 5836 |
Itshac Galantee
Gil Pensioners Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1937-02-12 |
| Died | 2012-06-25 |
| wikidata | Q2906666 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04qbm3g |
Leon Litinetsky
Labor Under Ehud Barak (from 2008-07-02)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967-08-02 |
| wikidata | Q2899838 |
|---|
Majallie Whbee
Kadima
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954-02-12 |
| wikidata | Q945253 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0b6mtl |
| lcauth | no2018159074 |
Mazor Bahyna
Shas (from 2008-04-27)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973-09-12 |
| wikidata | Q2919803 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/043q28d |
Nissan Slomiansky
Habayit Hayehudi - Mafdal
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946-01-10 |
| wikidata | Q2909950 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04q1mg9 |
Orit Noked
Labor Under Ehud Barak
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952-10-25 |
| wikidata | Q2331049 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/03hn82_ |
Raleb Majadele
Labor Under Ehud Barak
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953-04-05 |
| wikidata | Q705562 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/027n2bl |
| viaf | 3761154441736735460007 |
| gnd | 1172879524 |
| britannica | biography/Raleb-Majadele |
Robert Ilatov
Yisrael Beitenu
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971-11-12 |
| wikidata | Q974653 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04q96vg |
| gnd | 1174303484 |
Ronnie Bar-On
Kadima
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948-06-02 |
| wikidata | Q1361809 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0c6jtz |
| britannica | biography/Roni-Bar-On |
Sara Marom Shalev
Gil Pensioners Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934-09-23 |
| wikidata | Q2778264 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04q2h4c |
Shachiv Shnaan
Labor Under Ehud Barak (from 2008-05-28)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960-06-20 |
| wikidata | Q2331073 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04myrj7 |
Shaul Mofaz
Kadima
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948-11-04 |
| wikidata | Q359689 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0793k |
| gtaa | 133262 |
| britannica | biography/Shaul-Mofaz |
| quora | Shaul-Mofaz |
Shlomo (Neguse) Molla
Kadima (from 2008-02-10)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965-11-21 |
| wikidata | Q2919162 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/03nnpq8 |
| pace | 6519 |
Uri Maklev
Degel Hatorah (from 2008-07-31)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957-01-10 |
| wikidata | Q2330547 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04m_tj4 |
Uri Yehuda Ariel
Habayit Hayehudi - Mafdal
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952-12-22 |
| wikidata | Q2375726 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0ksbnl |
| youtube | UCh_dbrtRLeKzLKCyVOXzdUQ |
Uriel Reichman
Kadima (until 2006-04-28)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942-07-04 |
| wikidata | Q2777422 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04qbkyp |
Wasil Taha
National Democratic Assembly
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952-04-24 |
| wikidata | Q2916393 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0c3frb |
Yacov Ben Yizri
Gil Pensioners Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1927-10-01 |
| Died | 2018-02-17 |
| wikidata | Q2916519 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0cfy9r |
Yakov Cohen
United Torah Judaism (until 2008-07-31)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953-07-13 |
| wikidata | Q2776981 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04q3j3t |
| lcauth | no2018095111 |
Yehoshua Menachem Pollack
Agudat Yisrael (from 2009-01-26)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948-02-12 |
| wikidata | Q2899881 |
|---|
Yisrael Katz
Likud
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955-09-21 |
| wikidata | Q487304 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04jcg09 |
| viaf | 4296154867603960100001 |
| gnd | 1175944874 |
Yitzhak Aharonovitch
Yisrael Beitenu
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950-08-22 |
| wikidata | Q2044736 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04lhjdy |
Yoel Hasson
Kadima
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973-04-02 |
| wikidata | Q2612715 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/03hh4fb |
| pace | 5973 |
| youtube | UCIoRAyr0wFUjaHLoFrrrGHQ |
Yohanan Plesner
Kadima (from 2007-09-28)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972-01-17 |
| wikidata | Q2903330 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/03hh4gq |
| pace | 6476 |
Yoram Marciano
Labor Under Ehud Barak
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964-10-31 |
| wikidata | Q2855739 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04q0mhy |
Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
Likud (from 2007-02-27)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1958-08-05 |
| wikidata | Q1711779 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/03h5p9y |
| youtube | UC_-UeFf49iDk_AXv_yL4nOg |
| google_plus | 105605208212520510341 |
Zeev Elkin
Kadima
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971-04-03 |
| wikidata | Q2583898 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/03cd_q9 |
| viaf | 2097154622430444710002 |
| gnd | 1174143649 |
| youtube | UCcbFfjP8SQgG9uVJBGX17CA |
Zvi Hendel
Habayit Hayehudi - Mafdal
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949-10-16 |
| wikidata | Q2891122 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/02qvt4m |
Ruby programmer? It’s easy to use this data in your own app! Use the gem like this:
require 'everypolitician'
country = Everypolitician::Index.new.country('Israel')
house = country.legislature('Knesset')
house.popolo.terms.find_by(id: 'term/17').memberships.each do |membership|
puts "#{membership.person.name} (#{membership.party.name}): #{membership.person.gender}"
end
Main Sources: http://www.knesset.gov.il, http://wikidata.org/, https://twitter.com/PolitwoopsIL/lists/mp, http://gender-balance.org/
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