Education
Born in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union, Tsinker gained an Master of Arts at the Polytechnic Institute in Armenia in 1975 and a Doctor of Philosophy from the Moscow Scientific Center for Management in 1988.
Born in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union, Tsinker gained an Master of Arts at the Polytechnic Institute in Armenia in 1975 and a Doctor of Philosophy from the Moscow Scientific Center for Management in 1988.
He worked as a systems analyst and made aliyah to Israel in 1990. On 20 July 1999, just over a month after the elections, Tsinker and Roman Bronfman left the party to establish a new Knesset faction. Six days later it was renamed "Mahar" (a Hebrew acronym for Party for Society and Reforms), and in October adopted the name "Democratic Choice".
Prior to the 2003 elections Tzinker left the Democratic Choice (which was to be allied to Meretz) and established a new party, Citizen and State, which he headed.
In the run-up to the 2006 elections, Citizen and State was taken over by former Shinui MKs, led by Avraham Poraz, and renamed Hetz.