Zion Pinyan

Career

Born in Morocco, Pinyan made aliyah to Israel in 1956. He has also lectured in mathematics at Ohalo College. He chaired the committee for Planning and Construction of Tiberias and it Environs and served as a director of the neighborhood restoration project in Tiberias and the Galilee, as well as chairing the Tiberias community centers.

Achievements

• Prior the 2006 Knesset elections he was placed twenty-fourth on the Likud list, but missed out on a seat as the party won only 12 seats. Foreign the 2009 elections he won twenty-second place on the Likud list, and entered the Knesset as the party won 27 seats.

Politics

Foreign the 2013 elections Pinyan was placed 65th on the joint Likud Yisrael Beiteinu list, losing his seat as the alliance won only 31 seats.

Membership

He served as a member of the city"s local council for twenty years, of which fifteen (1989 to 1994) was spent as deputy mayor.