Yuri Stern
| Yuri Stern | |
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| Date of birth | 29 March 1949 |
| Place of birth | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Year of aliyah | 1981 |
| Date of death | 16 January 2007 (aged 57) |
| Knessets | 14, 15, 16, 17 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1996–1999 | Yisrael BaAliyah |
| 1999 | Aliyah |
| 1999–2003 | Yisrael Beiteinu |
| 2003–2006 | National Union |
| 2006–2007 | Yisrael Beiteinu |
Yuri Stern (Hebrew: יורי שטרן, Russian: Юрий Штерн, translit. Yuriy Shtern, 29 March 1949 – 16 January 2007) was a Russian-Israeli politician and journalist. He was a member of the Knesset from 1996 until his death, first as a member of Yisrael BaAliyah and later on behalf of Yisrael Beiteinu.
Born in Moscow, Stern was active in promoting Jewish immigration from the Soviet Union. He emigrated to Israel in 1981. He had a PhD in economics from Moscow University.
Stern was first elected to the Knesset in the 1996 elections on the list of Yisrael BaAliyah, a Russian immigrant party. However, after internal disagreements within the party he broke away with Michael Nudelman to form a new party, Aliyah.
For the 1999 elections, Aliyah ran together with Yisrael Beiteinu, another Russian immigrant party, with Stern retaining his seat. Aliyah was soon merged into Yisrael Beiteinu and ceased to exist.
After Ariel Sharon beat Ehud Barak in a special election for Prime Minister in 2001, Yisrael Beiteinu was added to Sharon's coalition government and Stern was appointed Deputy Minister in the Ministry in the Prime Minister's Office.
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