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Roni Brizon

Israeli politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ2908349 ↗
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Aharon "Roni" Brizon (Hebrew: אהרן "רוני" בריזון; born 16 October 1944) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shinui and the Secular Faction between 2003 and 2006.

Biography

Born in Tel Aviv, Brizon gained a BA in political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a BA in philosophy from Tel Aviv University. in 1999, Brizon joined the Shinui party, and began to write in Tel Aviv's local press under the pen name "Inj Kadid Leper"

For the 2003 elections he was placed tenth on the Shinui list, and entered the Knesset when the party won 15 seats. During his first term he was a member of the House Committee, the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee, the Finance Committee and the Committee on Foreign Workers. Along with most of the party's MKs, he defected to the Secular Faction (which later became Hetz) shortly before the 2006 elections following disagreements over the results of Shinui's primary results. He was placed second on the Hetz list for the elections, but lost his seat when the party failed to cross the electoral threshold.

On March 25, 2007, Brizon became Israel's Trade Commissioner within the Israeli Delegation to the European Union.

Brizon later joined Hatnuah, and was placed twentieth on its list for the 2013 elections. However, the party won only six seats.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Roni Brizon” as israeli politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1944, 2003, 2006, 1999—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1944-10-16. The account is most persuasive where Roni, Brizon and Israeli can be independently traced.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2908349. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1944, 2003, 2006 and 1999.

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This entry incorporates text from “Roni Brizon” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.