Background
Tzaban, Ya'ir was born in 1930 in Tel Aviv, WORLD0.
Tzaban, Ya'ir was born in 1930 in Tel Aviv, WORLD0.
Bachelor in Philosophy, Bar Ilan University. Bachelor in Jewish Philosophy, Tel Aviv University.
Educator, journalist, founding member, Kibbutz Tzorah, 1948; member, Israel Communist Party, 1965-1972; chairman, Israel Communist Party, 1972-1973; co-founder, Peace Party, 1977-1980; political secretary, Mapam Party (now Meretz Party), 1980; member, Knesset, 1981-1996; member finance, foreign affairs and defense committees, Knesset Chairman of Commission for immigration and absorption, Knesset member committee for security and national affairs, Knesset minister of immigrant absorption, Knesset, since 1992.
Member United Workers' Party.
Married; 2 children.