Education
Born in Ness Ziona the day after the Declaration of Independence, Zeigerman attended a local high school.
Diplomat politician Knesset member
Born in Ness Ziona the day after the Declaration of Independence, Zeigerman attended a local high school.
He also headed the students section of the World Zionist Organization between 1977 and 1981. In 1981 he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list (then an alliance of the Liberal Party, Herut and other right-wing factions), and sat on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, the Immigration and Absorption Committee and the Education and Culture Committee. He lost his seat in the 1984 elections.
During the 1990s he worked as the Israeli consul in Toronto, before serving as ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1998 until 2000.
He went on to study history and political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he became chairman of the university"s students" union. A member of the Liberal Party, Zeigerman served as secretary of the party"s Jerusalem branch.
