Nino Abesadze

Nino Abesadze (Hebrew: נינו אבסדזה; Georgian: ნინო აბესაძე, born 12 April 1965) is an Israeli politician and journalist who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2009 and 2013.

Born in Tbilisi in the Soviet Union (today in Georgia) to a Georgian Christian father and Russian-Jewish mother, Abesadze graduated from the Film School at the Open University of Georgia, before studying for degrees in Russian literature and linguistics at Tbilisi State University.

At the age of 23 she began working for Georgian State Television, becoming the presenter of the evening news two years later.

Her mother and three sisters had immigrated to Israel after her father died in 1980, settling in Rehovot, and later Ashdod.

However, she entered the Knesset on 9 November 2010 as a replacement for Tzachi Hanegbi,[1] who had been convicted of a crime (perjury) deemed to be of moral turpitude, thereby losing his seat.