11 Facts About Avi Nissenkorn

Abraham Daniel "Avi" Nissenkorn is an Israeli lawyer and politician.

Avi Nissenkorn served as a member of the Knesset for Blue and White from 2019 to 2021, and as Minister of Justice from 2020 to 2021.

Avi Nissenkorn previously served as General Secretary of the Histadrut labor union between June 2014 and March 2019.

Avi Nissenkorn currently serves as Chairperson of the Executive Board of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Avraham Nissenkorn was born in Afula to Israel and Ilana, physicians who immigrated from Poland.

Avi Nissenkorn continued as head of the legal department of Histadrut's professional unions.

In May 2014, following chairman Ofer Eini's resignation, Avi Nissenkorn ran uncontested in an internal leadership election, where Histadrut's 171-member parliament would pick the new chairman, as a member of Eini's Oganim faction.

In February 2016, Avi Nissenkorn registered as a member of the Labor Party.

In February 2019, in the lead-up to the April 2019 national elections, Avi Nissenkorn joined the Israel Resilience Party led by Benny Gantz.

Avi Nissenkorn was placed fifth on the party list, and was reportedly promised a ministership by Gantz should the faction succeed in forming a government.

On 17 May 2020, Avi Nissenkorn was sworn in as Israeli Minister of Justice.