Roman Bronfman

Roman Bronfman (Hebrew: רומן ברונפמן; born 22 April 1954) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli politician.

[1] Bronfman was born in Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine),[2] in the Soviet Union to a Jewish family.

Following his military service, he studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and graduated with a PhD in Political Science in 1989.

That year he also was elected to the Haifa City Council, and became the Deputy Chairman of the Zionist Forum.

[4] In 2005 Bronfman submitted a bill to the Knesset that would amend the Dangerous Drugs Order so it would be legal to possess 50 grams, or about 1.8 ounces of cannabis, when before the legal amount to have in your possession was 15 grams, or 0.5 ounces.