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Ariel Atias (born 13 November 1970) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i politician, a high ranking member of Shas
Shas

Shas is a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, primarily representing Haredi Judaism Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews Judaism. Following the Israeli legislative election, 2006 in which Shas won 12 seats, it joined Ehud Olmert's coalition government and holds four cabinet posts....
, and the manager of Shas' kosher supervision organization.

in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
, Atias was first elected to the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 on Shas' list in the 2006 elections. In May 2006 he was promoted to the position of Minister of Communications
Communications Minister of Israel

The Communications Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Communications and a relatively minor position in the Cabinet of Israel....
 in the current government
Cabinet of Israel

The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body composed of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister of Israel. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Knesset....
. In 2007 he tried to get a law passed that would censor violence, sex, and gambling on the internet.






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Ariel Atias (born 13 November 1970) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i politician, a high ranking member of Shas
Shas

Shas is a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, primarily representing Haredi Judaism Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews Judaism. Following the Israeli legislative election, 2006 in which Shas won 12 seats, it joined Ehud Olmert's coalition government and holds four cabinet posts....
, and the manager of Shas' kosher supervision organization.

Biography

Born in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
, Atias was first elected to the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 on Shas' list in the 2006 elections. In May 2006 he was promoted to the position of Minister of Communications
Communications Minister of Israel

The Communications Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Communications and a relatively minor position in the Cabinet of Israel....
 in the current government
Cabinet of Israel

The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body composed of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister of Israel. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Knesset....
. In 2007 he tried to get a law passed that would censor violence, sex, and gambling on the internet. Also, in February 2008 he said if Israel and Palestinians were holding secret negotiations on Jerusalem the Shas Party would leave the government.

He retained his seat in the 2009 elections
Israeli legislative election, 2009

Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government....
, having been placed second on the Shas list.

He is the father of four and currently resides in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
.

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