Boaz Toporovsky

Boaz Toporovsky (Hebrew: בּוֹעַז טוּפּוֹרוֹבְסְקִי‎, born 17 July 1980) is an Israeli politician. A former chair of the National Union of Israeli Students, he served as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid between 2013 and 2015, and again since 2019.

Boaz Toporovsky
Date of birth (1980-07-17) 17 July 1980
Place of birthRishon LeZion, Israel
Knessets19, 21, 22, 23
Faction represented in Knesset
2013–2015Yesh Atid
2019–2020Blue and White
2020–Yesh Atid

Biography

Boaz Toporovsky was born and grew up in Rishon LeZion, where he attended Haviv Elementary School. After completing his mandatory military service in the Israel Air Force, he studied law at Tel Aviv University, graduating with an LLB and a BA in economics, and later gaining an LLM from the same university. During his studies Toporovsky became chairman of the university's student union in 2005, holding the post until 2007. After graduating he worked as a senior advisor for Minister of Social Affairs, Isaac Herzog.[1]

In May 2008 Toporovsky was elected chairman of the National Union of Israeli Students.[2] In the same year, he founded the Tzabar party, heading its list for the 2009 Knesset elections,[3] However, it received only 0.14% of the vote and failed to pass the electoral threshold. The party did win seats on Tel Aviv city council.[4] He remained chairman of the National Union of Israeli Students until 2010. In March 2011 he became chairman of the Issta travel agency, holding the role until February 2013.[5]

In the January 2013 Knesset elections, Toporovsky was placed eighteenth on Yesh Atid's list, becoming a Knesset member when the party won 19 seats. During his first term in the Knesset he chaired the Israel–Moldova Parliamentary Friendship Group, and was a member of the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee, the Finance Committee, the House Committee, the Science and Technology Committee and the Joint Committee for the Knesset Budget.[6]

He was placed fourteenth on the party's list for the 2015 elections,[7] losing his seat as the party was reduced to 11 seats. Prior to the April 2019 elections Yesh Atid joined the Blue and White alliance, with Toporovsky placed thirtieth on its list.[8] He re-entered the Knesset after the alliance won 35 seats. He was again placed thirtieth on the Blue and White list for the September 2019 elections,[9] retaining his seat.

Toporovsky lives in Ness Ziona and is married to Shelly Herman, a participant in MasterChef Israel.[10]

References
  1. New kids in the Knesset: Lapid’s activists Haaretz, 24 January 2013
  2. Boaz Toporovsky elected national student union head The Jerusalem Post, 18 May 2008
  3. Tzabar list Israel Democracy Institute
  4. All the kingmaker’s men, and women Times of Israel, 23 January 2013
  5. Boaz Toporovsky Bloomberg
  6. Boaz Toporovsky: Knesset activities Knesset
  7. Yesh Atid list Central Elections Committee
  8. Blue and White list Israel Democracy Institute
  9. Blue and White list Israel Democracy Institute
  10. "רק עכשיו אני מבינה כמה לא הייתי מוכנה לפרסום" Mako, 1 January 2014
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