Natan Sharansky
Israeli politician · Israel · On the map · Politicians · Born 1948 · age 78
Natan Sharansky is a Ukrainian-born, Israeli politician, professional chess player and author.
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Sharansky's wife Avital at the Sharansky tribunal in Amsterdam, 12 May 1980
Anatoly Sharansky meeting then-Prime Minister Shimon Peres after his release from the Soviet Union
Sharansky and President Ronald Reagan, December 1986
Sharansky is congratulated by President George W. Bush after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, December 2006
Sharansky and Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, 19 September 2000Awards
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He served as Chairman of the Executive for the Jewish Agency from June 2009 to August 2018, and currently serves as Chairman for the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), an American non-partisan organization. A former Soviet dissident, he spent nine years imprisoned as a refusenik during the 1970s and 1980s.
