Ilan Gilon

Ilan Gilon

Ilan Gilon or Ilan Gil'on / Ilan Gil-On, Romanian: Ilan Ghilon, Hebrew: אילן גילאון, (born May 12, 1956 in Galaţi, Romania) is an Israeli politician of the Meretz party.

Gilon got polio when he was a baby. Because of this he has problems with his legs. He migrated to Israel when he was a child.

He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem but didn't obtain a degree.

He became involved in politics by becoming a member of the youth department of Mapam (a socialist political party and a forerunner of Meretz), followed by Meretz itself later on.

Gilon was deputy mayor of Ashdod from 1993 to 1999.

He entered the Knesset in 1999, did not get a seat in 2003, and has again been an MK since 2009.

As a parliamentarian he is mainly involved with social welfare issues. Among these are promoting laws to help people with disabilities.

After the resignation of Zehava Gal-On in October 2017, Gilon has become leader of the Meretz party in the Knesset.

References

• Bio at Knesset Website

Current political leaders in the Knesset

Naftali Bennett (HaBayit HaYehudi)  • Yael Cohen-Paran (The Zionist Union - HaTnu'a HaYeruqa)  • Aryeh Deri (Shas)  • Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism - Degel HaTorah)  • Ilan Gilon (Meretz)  • Masud Ghnaim (The Joint List - Ra'am)  • Avi Gabbay (The Zionist Union - HaAvoda)  • Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu)  • Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid)  • Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu)  • Ya'akov Litzman (United Torah Judaism - Agudat Yisrael)  • Tzipi Livni (The Zionist Union - HaTnu'a)  • Benjamin Netanyahu (HaLikud)  • Ayman Odeh (The Joint List - Hadash)  • Ahmad Tibi (The Joint List - Ta'al)  • Jamal Zahalka (The Joint List - Balad)