Ilan Leibovitch
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Ilan Leibovitch is a former Israel
Israel
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i politician who 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 Shinui
Shinui
Shinui is a Zionist, secular and anti-clerical free market liberal party and political movement in Israel. The party twice became the third largest in the Knesset, but both occasions were followed by a split and collapse; in 1977 the party won 15 seats as part of the Democratic Movement for...

 between 2003 and 2006.

Biography

Born in Rehovot
Rehovot
Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 112,700. Rehovot's official website estimates the population at 114,000.Rehovot was built on the site of Doron,...

, Leibovitch gained a BA in international relations and political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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 and a law degree from the College of Management.

For the 2003 elections he was placed 13th on Shinui's list, and entered the Knesset when the party won 15 seats. During his first term, he was a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee is a permanent Knesset committee which oversees key Foreign and Defense areas, including the drafting of legislation, supervision over related government ministries and the approval of their budgests...

, the Committee on the Status of Women, the Committee on Foreign Workers, the Committee on Drug Abuse, the Committee on Foreign Workers, the Economic Affairs Committee and the State Control Committee.

Following a split in the party in January 2006, Leibovitch and Ehud Ratzabi
Ehud Ratzabi
Ehud Ratzabi is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shinui between 2003 and 2006.-Biography:Born in Tel Aviv, Ratzabi gained Accountant Certification from Tel Aviv University, and worked in accountancy....

 were left as the only two sitting MKs in Shinui. He was placed third on the party's list for the 2006 elections, but lost his seat when the party failed to cross the electoral threshold.

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