Ze'ev Elkin
| Ze'ev Elkin | |
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| Date of birth | 3 April 1971 |
| Place of birth | Kharkiv, Soviet Union |
| Year of aliyah | 1990 |
| Knessets | 17, 18, 19, 20 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 2006–2009 | Kadima |
| 2009– | Likud |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 2015 | Minister of Strategic Affairs |
| 2015–2016 | Minister of Immigrant Absorption |
| 2015– | Minister of Jerusalem Affairs |
| 2016– | Minister of Environmental Protection |
Ze'ev Elkin (Hebrew: זְאֵב אֵלְקִין; Russian: Зеэв Элькин; born 3 April 1971) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud and as Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Minister of Environmental Protection.
Elkin was born in Kharkiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (now Ukraine). He was active in the Bnei Akiva movement, becoming its general secretary of the Soviet Union branch in 1990. In December that year he immigrated to Israel.
He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, gaining a BA in history and mathematics in 1994 and an MA in history in the same year. Later Ze'ev Elkin was involved in academic Jewish and medieval studies, in particular, studied the works of Saadia Gaon, and was involved in Jewish education in the countries of former Soviet Union.
Elkin was elected to the 17th Knesset in 2006 as a member of Kadima and chaired the subcommittee on the absorption of immigrant children and youth. In November 2008 he decided to quit Kadima, as he considered it to have become a left-wing party. He subsequently joined Likud, and won twentieth place on its list for the 2009 elections. He retained his seat as Likud won 27 mandates.
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