Natan Sharansky

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Israeli politician (born 1948)

PoliticiansBorn 1948 · age 78

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Natan Sharansky is a Ukrainian-born, Israeli politician, professional chess player and author.

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Photos 6

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 2000

Awards 6

2006Presidential Medal of Freedom

Ronald Reagan Freedom Award

Congressional Gold Medal

Israel Prize

Genesis Prize

Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class

In their orbit 3

SpouseAvital Sharansky

FatherBoris Shcharansky

MotherIda Milgrom

Connected to Natan 6

Michael BloombergAlso won Genesis Prize

Volodymyr ZelenskyyAlso won Ronald Reagan Freedom Award

Andrew WyethAlso won Congressional Gold Medal

Aaron CoplandAlso won Congressional Gold Medal

Albert BourlaAlso won Genesis Prize

Ruth Bader GinsburgAlso won Genesis Prize

About this person

Natan Sharansky is a Ukrainian-born, Israeli politician, professional chess player and author. 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.

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