# Robert Tiviaev

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{{Short description|Israeli politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Robert Tiviaev (NRF10614).jpg
| caption = Tiviaev in 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|6|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Derbent](/source/Derbent), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| office1 = Faction represented in the [Knesset](/source/Knesset)
| subterm1 = 2009–2012
| suboffice2 = [Hatnuah](/source/Hatnuah)
| subterm2 = 2012–2013
| suboffice1 = [Kadima](/source/Kadima)
| suboffice3 = [Zionist Union](/source/Zionist_Union)
| subterm3 = 2018–2019
| suboffice4 = [Hatnua](/source/Hatnua)
| subterm4 = 2019
}}

'''Robert Tiviaev''' ({{langx|he|רוברט טיבייב}}; born 22 June 1961) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the [Knesset](/source/Knesset) for [Kadima](/source/Kadima), [Hatnuah](/source/Hatnuah) and the [Zionist Union](/source/Zionist_Union) in two spells between 2009 and 2019.

==Biography==
Tiviaev was born in [Derbent](/source/Derbent), [Dagestan](/source/Dagestan), in the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) (today in [Russia](/source/Russia)), and is of [Mountain Jewish](/source/Mountain_Jews) origin. He served in the [Soviet Army](/source/Soviet_Army) as an officer in the liaison corps, reaching the rank of captain. He [emigrated to Israel](/source/aliyah) in 1994 and settled in [Ofakim](/source/Ofakim). He became a member of the city council, and held the portfolio responsible for immigrant absorption. In addition, he chairs the Tehiya fund, which helps bring immigrants from the former Soviet Union.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120530185739/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304701575&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer On the cusp] The Jerusalem Post, 5 February 2009</ref>

A former member of [Yisrael Beiteinu](/source/Yisrael_Beiteinu), prior to the [2009 elections](/source/2009_Israeli_legislative_election) he won twentieth place on the Kadima list, and entered the Knesset as the party won 28 seats. In 2012 he left to join the new [Hatnuah](/source/Hatnuah) party, and was placed fourteenth on its list for the [2013 elections](/source/2013_Israeli_legislative_election).<ref>[http://www.bechirot.gov.il/elections19/heb/list/List.aspx?ListId=129 Hatnuah] Central Elections Committee</ref> He lost his seat when the party won only six seats. Hatnuah contested the [2015 Knesset elections](/source/2015_Israeli_legislative_election) on a joint list with the [Labor Party](/source/Israeli_Labor_Party) under the name [Zionist Union](/source/Zionist_Union), with Tiviaev placed 28th on its list.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214450/http://www.bechirot20.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=8&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Zionist Union list] Central Election Committee</ref> Although the alliance won only 24 seats, Tiviaev entered the Knesset on 31 July 2018 as a replacement for [Isaac Herzog](/source/Isaac_Herzog).<ref>[http://knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/MKIndex_Current_eng.asp?view=5 Current Knesset Members of the Twentieth Knesset] Knesset</ref> He lost his seat in the [April 2019 elections](/source/April_2019_Israeli_legislative_election).

Tiviaev is married with two children. He holds a master's degree in electrical engineering and works for the [Israel Electric Corporation](/source/Israel_Electric_Corporation).

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1961 births
Category:People from Derbent
Category:Living people
Category:Jewish Israeli politicians
Category:Israeli people of Mountain Jewish descent
Category:Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent
Category:Jewish Russian politicians
Category:Soviet Jews
Category:Members of the 18th Knesset (2009–2013)
Category:Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019)
Category:Kadima politicians
Category:Hatnua politicians
Category:Zionist Union politicians
Category:People from Ofakim

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