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Arcadi Aleksandrovich Gaydamak (; (ロシア語:Аркадий Александрович Гайдамак); born 8 April 1952 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian-born Israeli business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honour. On 29 April 2011 the Court of Appeal in Paris acquitted him of charges of arms dealing. He is the owner of the Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem, and in February 2007 announced the establishment of an Israeli social movement, Social Justice, which became a political party in July 2007. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Jerusalem in the November 2008 elections, receiving about 3.6% of the votes. ==Biography== Arcadi Gaydamak was born in 1952 in Moscow, the capital of the USSR. At the age of 20, Gaydamak was one of the first Jews to emigrate to Israel from Leonid Brezhnev's Soviet Union and receive Israeli citizenship. He lived on Kibbutz Beit HaShita, and studied Hebrew at an ulpan. He said he originally intended to serve in the Israeli Army, but ended up moving to France, where he opened a translation bureau. In 1982, Gaydamak Translations opened a branch in Canada. During that period he commenced international business, in import and export. After the collapse of the USSR, he built up ties in Russia and Kazakhstan and formed various business organizations across Europe. Gaydamak won two citations from the French government: ''Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite'' and the ''Ordre du Mérite agricole'' for helping to rescue two captured French pilots in the War in Bosnia in the 1990s, as well as two French intelligence officers captured by rebel factions in the Caucasus. According to Gaydamak, these operations were secret. Hence the citations spoke of his contribution to agriculture. Former French interior minister Charles Pasqua confirmed this, saying that then-president Jacques Chirac had personally authorized the citations.〔 Gaydamak owns a home in Caesarea,〔 is married to Irene Tzirolnicova and is a father of three children. He speaks Russian, French and English. He also speaks Portuguese and Hebrew on a basic level. In December 2008 it was reported that Gaydamak left Israel and moved to Moscow. In February 2009 it was reported that he seeks to regain the Russian citizenship he lost when he emigrated to Israel. Gaydamack was granted honorary Angolan citizenship and holds French, Canadian and Israeli passports. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arcadi Gaydamak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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