Q:Facts:   - party: yisrael baaliyah democratic choice      - birth date: 2 january 1953    - partyyears: 1999 1999 -- 2003    - birth place: soviet union   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alexander tzinker .
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dr alexander `` sasha '' tsinker -lrb- , born 2 january 1953 -rrb- is a former israeli politician who served as a member of the knesset for yisrael baaliyah and the democratic choice between 1999 and 2003 .