Dani Koren
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Dr Dani Coren is a former Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i politician who briefly served as a member of the Knesset
Knesset
The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...

 for the Labor Party in 2006.

Biography

The son of politician Yitzhak Coren
Yitzhak Coren
Yitzhak Coren was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and the Alignment.-Biography:Born in Chişinău in the Russian Empire , Coren studied law at university, and was certified as a lawyer. Whilst a student he was amongst the leadership of the Romanian Zionists...

, Dani studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...

, gaining a BA in economics and political science, and an MA in political science. He went on to study for a PhD in government at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

.

For the 2003 Knesset elections he was placed 30th on the Labor Party's list. Although he missed out on a seat when the party won only 19 seats, he entered the Knesset on 28 January 2006 as a replacement for Avi Yehezkel
Avi Yehezkel
Avraham "Avi" Yehezkel is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 1992 and 2003, and again briefly in 2006.-Biography:...

. He lost his seat in the March 2006 elections.

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