List of members of the eighteenth Knesset
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The following is a list of the Members of the 18th Knesset
, elected on 10 February 2009
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Knesset
The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...
, elected on 10 February 2009
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 Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government...
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Knesset Members
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| Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely to support the issue of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan, and was soon joined by like-minded Labor politicians... (28) |
Tzipi Livni Tzipi Livni Tzipporah Malkah "Tzipi" Livni is an Israeli lawyer and politician. She is the current Israeli Opposition Leader and leader of Kadima, the largest party in the Knesset. Raised an ardent nationalist, Livni has become one of her nation's leading voices for the two-state solution. In Israel she has... |
Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Opposition (Israel) The Leader of the Opposition , is the politician who leads the Official Opposition in the Israeli legislative body, the Knesset.-Until 2000:Until 2000, the role of the Opposition Leader was not an official position, but rather an honorary role... |
| Shaul Mofaz Shaul Mofaz Lt. General Shaul Mofaz is an Israeli politician who serves as the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs And Defense Committee at the Knesset... |
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| Dalia Itzik Dalia Itzik Dalia Itzik , born 20 October 1952, is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 became the first female speaker of the Knesset, and has since served as President of Israel in an... |
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| Roni Bar-On Roni Bar-On Roni Bar-On is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima and is a former Minister of Finance.-Biography:... |
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| Meir Sheetrit Meir Sheetrit Meir Sheetrit is a Moroccan-born Israeli politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for Kadima. He has served as Minister of the Interior, Minister of Housing & Construction, Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice, Minister of Transportation and Minister of Education, Culture &... |
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| Ruhama Avraham Ruhama Avraham Ruhama Avraham Balila is an Israeli politician. A member of the Knesset for Kadima, she has previously served as Minister of Tourism and Minister without Portfolio responsible for liaison with the Knesset.-Biography:... |
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| Avi Dichter Avi Dichter Avi Dichter is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. He is a former Minister of Internal Security and Shin Bet director.-Biography:... |
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| Marina Solodkin Marina Solodkin Dr Marina Solodkin is a Russian-Israeli politician and a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in Moscow in the Soviet Union , Solodkin studied at Moscow State University, where she gained a PhD in economic and social history, and went on to work as a scientist... |
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| Yoel Hasson Yoel Hasson Yoel Hasson is an Israeli politician and a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in Tel Aviv, Hasson studied for a BA in government and public policy at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. He joined the Betar movement, and was head of the national leadership of its youth movement... |
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| Gideon Ezra Gideon Ezra Gideon Ezra is an Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Kadima and a former Minister of Environmental Protection.-Biography:Ezra was born in Jerusalem and served in the Israeli Defense Force between 1955 and 1958 in the Nahal... |
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| Yaakov Edri Yaakov Edri Ya'akov Edri is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Kadima. Formerly Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Minister of Health and a Minister without Portfolio, Edri is the Minister of Negev and Galilee Development in the current government.... |
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| Eli Aflalo Eli Aflalo Eli Aflalo is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. Between July 2008 and March 2009 he was the country's Minister of Immigrant Absorption.-Biography:... |
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| Ronit Tirosh Ronit Tirosh -Biography:Born in Tel Aviv, Tirosh gained a BA in Arabic Literature and General Philosophy from Tel Aviv University after completing her national service... |
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| Nahman Shai Nahman Shai Nahman Shai is an Israeli journalist and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. He previously worked as the IDF spokesman.-Biography:... |
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| Shlomo Molla Shlomo Molla Shlomo Molla is an Israeli politician who has served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima since February 2008.-Biography:Molla was born in a small Jewish village of 40 families in Gondar Province in Ethiopia in 1965 into a family of 9 brothers and 2 sisters. Molla attempted to immigrate to Israel... |
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| Robert Tiviaev Robert Tiviaev Robert Tiviaev is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in Derbent, Dagestan in the Soviet Union , Tiviaev made aliyah to Israel in 1994 and settled in Ofakim. He became a member of the city council, and held the portfolio responsible for... |
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| Majalli Wahabi Majalli Wahabi Majalli Wahabi is an Israeli Druze politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. He briefly assumed the position of President due to President Moshe Katzav's leave of absence and Acting President Dalia Itzik's trip abroad in February 2007, making him the first non-Jew to... |
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| Rachel Adato Rachel Adato Dr Rachel Adato-Levy is an Israeli gynaecologist, lawyer and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:... |
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| Yohanan Plesner Yohanan Plesner Yohanan Plesner is an Israeli politician and a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Life and career:Born in England, Plesner grew up in Jerusalem and served as an officer with the Sayeret Matkal elite unit during his national service in the IDF between 1989 and 1994... |
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| Shai Hermesh Shai Hermesh Shai Hermesh is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in Tel Aviv in 1944, Hermesh spent his military service in the Nahal and the paratroop brigade. With the conclusion of his military service in 1965, he became a member of kibbutz Kfar... |
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| Aryeh Bibi Aryeh Bibi Aryeh Bibi is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in Baghdad in Iraq in 1943, Bibi made aliyah to Israel in 1950. He started his military service in the paratroopers brigade, later serving as commander of the Gaza Strip... |
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| Otniel Schneller Otniel Schneller Otniel Schneller is an Israeli politician and a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in Jerusalem, and raised in Michigan, Schneller took Jewish studies and social science at Bar-Ilan University, finishing his studied in 1978. Between 1983 and 1986 he served as secretary general of the... |
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| Orit Zuaretz Orit Zuaretz Orit Zuaretz is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born Svetlana Czerniak in the Soviet Union, Zuaretz made aliyah to Israel in 1971. She gained a BA in Social Science studied towards an MA in the New Age Middle East.She was elected onto the Tzoran-Kadima local... |
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| Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in the Soviet Union, Shamalov-Berkovich made aliyah to Israel in 1979. She was amongst the founders of Israel Plus, the country's Russian language television channel, and... |
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| Nino Abesadze Nino Abesadze Nino Abesadze is an Israeli politician and journalist who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in Tbilisi in the Soviet Union , Abesadze graduated from the Film School at the Open University of Georgia, before studying for degrees in Russian literature and... |
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| Doron Avital Doron Avital Dr Doron Shalom Avital is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in the Brit Ahim youth village near Bustan HaGalil, Avital moved to the Katamon neighbourhood of Jerusalem as a child. During the 1982 Lebanon War he served as commander of... |
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| Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had... (27) |
Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as the Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the Economic Strategy Minister of Israel.Netanyahu is the first and, to... |
Prime Minister Prime Minister of Israel The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel . The prime minister is the country's chief executive. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Rosh Hamemshala is in Jerusalem... |
| Gideon Sa'ar Gideon Sa'ar Gideon Sa'ar is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud, and as the country's Minister of Education.-Biography:... |
Education Minister | |
| Gilad Erdan Gilad Erdan Gilad Menashe Erdan is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud and as the country's Minister of Environmental Protection. He is currently the chairman of the Likud Youth.-Biography:... |
Environmental Protection Minister Environmental Protection Minister of Israel The Environmental Protection Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Environment and a relatively minor position in the Israeli cabinet. The post was created on 22 December 1988, and until May 2006 was known as the Minister of the Environment... Prime Minister's Liaison to the Knesset |
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| Reuven Rivlin Reuven Rivlin Reuven "Rubi" Rivlin is an Israeli lawyer, politician, currently serving as a speaker of the Knesset. He belongs to conservative Likud. A former Speaker of the Knesset, in 2007 he ran in the election for President as the Likud candidate... |
Speaker of the Knesset | |
| Benny Begin | Minister without Portfolio Minister without Portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry... |
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| Moshe Kahlon Moshe Kahlon Moshe Kahlon is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud and as Minister of Communications and Minister of Welfare & Social Services.-Biography:... |
Communications Minister 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 Israeli cabinet. The post was established in 1952, and until 1970 was known as the Minister of Postal Services... |
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| Silvan Shalom Silvan Shalom ' , born 4 October 1958) is an Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Likud and the country's Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development. He previously served as the country's Foreign Minister and Finance Minister.-Biography:... |
Vice Prime Minister Regional Development Minister Regional Development Minister of Israel The Regional Development Minister is a member of the Israeli cabinet. The post was created following the formation of a new government in March 2009, and is held by Silvan Shalom, who also holds the post of Minister of Development of the Negev and Galilee.... |
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| Moshe Ya'alon Moshe Ya'alon Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud, as well as the country's Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs.-Early life:... |
Vice Prime Minister Strategic Affairs Minister Strategic Affairs Minister of Israel The Strategic Affairs Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs and a member of the cabinet. The portfolio and ministry was created in 2006 for Avigdor Lieberman, whose Yisrael Beiteinu party had just joined the governing coalition... |
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| Yuval Steinitz Yuval Steinitz Yuval Steinitz , is an Israeli academic and politician who has been a Knesset member for Likud since 1999. He is now the Finance Minister of Israel.-Biography:... |
Finance Minister | |
| Lea Nass | Deputy Minister of Pensioner Affairs | |
| Yisrael Katz Yisrael Katz (politician born 1955) Yisrael Katz is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud and as the country's Minister of Transportation.-Biography:Born in Ashkelon, Katz earned a BA and an MA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.... |
Transportation Minister | |
| Yuli-Yoel Edelstein Yuli-Yoel Edelstein Yuli-Yoel Edelstein is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud and as the country's Minister of Information and Diaspora.-Biography:... |
Information and Diaspora Minister | |
| Limor Livnat Limor Livnat is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud, and as the country's Minister of Culture & Sport.-Biography:Born in Haifa, Livnat is the only member of Knesset not to have a secondary education... |
Culture and Sport Minister Culture and Sport Minister of Israel The Culture and Sport Minister of Israel is a new and relatively minor position in the Israeli cabinet. Previously culture and sport had been part of other ministerial portfolios; between 1949 and 1999, and again from 2003 until 2006, culture was part of the Education Minister portfolio. Similarly,... |
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| Haim Katz Haim Katz -Background:Born in Germany in 1947, he immigrated to Israel in 1949. After finishing school and national service he worked as an electronics technician. He became involved with trade unions when he became a member of the council of Israel Aircraft Industries Workers in 1983, and was also chairman... |
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| Yossi Peled Yossi Peled Yossi Peled is an Israeli general and politician, the former Aluf of the Northern Command in the Israel Defense Forces. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud.-Early life:... |
Minister without Portfolio Minister without Portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry... |
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| Michael Eitan Michael Eitan Michael Eitan is an Israeli politician, Minister of Improvement of Government Services and member of the Knesset for Likud. He served as Minister of Science & Technology between July 1997 and July 1998. Alongside Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Eitan is the joint longest-serving MK, and as such was... |
Improvement of Government Services Minister | |
| Dan Meridor Dan Meridor Dan Meridor is an Israeli politician and minister. A longtime member of the Likud party, in the late 1990s he became one of the founders of the Centre Party. He rejoined Likud in the early 2000s, and returned to the Knesset following the 2009 elections... |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy |
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| Tzipi Hotovely Tzipi Hotovely Tzipi Hotovely is an Israeli politician, lawyer, and a doctorate student at the Faculty of Law in Tel Aviv University. She practises Orthodox Judaism and is a member of the Knesset as a self-described "religious rightwinger" for the Likud party. When first elected at the age of 30, she was the... |
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| Gila Gamliel Gila Gamliel Gila Gamliel is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.-Biography:... |
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | |
| Ze'ev Elkin Ze'ev Elkin -Biography:Born in Kharkiv in the Soviet Union , Elkin was active in the Bnei Akiva movement, becoming its general secretary of the Soviet Union branch in 1990. In December that year he immigrated to Israel.... |
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| Yariv Levin Yariv Levin Yariv Gideon Levin is Chairman of the Knesset House Committee and Member of Knesset representing the Likud Party. He is a lawyer by profession.-Biography:... |
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| Zion Pinyan Zion Pinyan Zion Pinyan is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud.-Biography:Born in Morocco, Pinyan made aliyah to Israel in 1956. He trained to be a Hebrew and Maths teacher, and worked in education, eventually becoming headteacher of Tiberias High School... |
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| Ayoob Kara Ayoob Kara Ayoob Kara is a Druze Israeli politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for Likud and Deputy Minister for Development of the Negev and Galilee. He lives in Isfiya, Haifa District.... |
Deputy Development of the Negev and Galilee Minister | |
| Danny Danon Danny Danon Danny Danon is an Israeli politician who serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud. He is chairman of World Likud and Chair of the Knesset Committee for Aliya , Absorption and Diaspora Affairs.-Biography:... |
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| Karmel Shama Karmel Shama Karmel Shama-Hacohen is an Israeli lawyer and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud.-Biography:Born in Ramat Gan, Shama gained a law degree from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, and is also a certified estate agent.... |
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| Ofir Akunis Ofir Akunis Ofir Akunis is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset on behalf of the Likud party, and as Deputy Speaker of the House.-Early Life:... |
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| Miri Regev Miri Regev Miriam "Miri" Regev is an Israeli politician and a former Brigadier General in the army. She currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud, having previously worked as the IDF Spokeswoman.-Biography:... |
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| Yisrael Beiteinu (15) | Avigdor Liberman | Foreign Affairs Minister Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel The Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The position is one of the most important in the Israeli cabinet after Prime Minister and Defense Minister... |
| Uzi Landau Uzi Landau Uzi Landau is an Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu and Minister of National Infrastructure. Previously a Likud MK, he served as Minister of Internal Security between 2001 and 2003.-Biography:... |
National Infrastructure Minister National Infrastructure Minister of Israel The National Infrastructure Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure. From its establishment in 1977 until 1996, the post was known as the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure . The current minister is Uzi Landau of Yisrael Beiteinu.It succeeded... |
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| Stas Misezhnikov Stas Misezhnikov Stas Misezhnikov is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu and as the country's Minister of Tourism.-Biography:... |
Tourism Minister Tourism Minister of Israel The Tourism Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism and a relatively minor position in the Israeli cabinet. The position is currently held by Stas Misezhnikov of Yisrael Beiteinu.... |
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| Yitzhak Aharonovich Yitzhak Aharonovich -External links:... |
Internal Security Minister | |
| Sofa Landver Sofa Landver Sofa Landver is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu and as the country's Minister of Immigrant Absorption.... |
Immigrant Absorption Minister Immigrant Absorption Minister of Israel The Ministry of Immigrant Absorption of Israel , known until 1951 as the Ministry of Immigration , a ministry in the Israeli government.In co-ordination with local authorities, the Ministry is responsible for new immigrants for three weeks after they arrive... |
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| Orly Levy Orly Levy Orly Levy-Abekasis is an Israeli politician. She is a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu and serves as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset.-Biography:... |
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| Danny Ayalon | Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister | |
| David Rotem David Rotem David Rotem is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu.-Biography:Rotem grew up in Jerusalem, where he was a pupil at the Horev Elementary School and the Horev Yeshiva High School... |
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| Anastasia Michaeli | ||
| Faina Kirschenbaum Faina Kirschenbaum Faina Kirschenbaum is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu.-Biography:Born in Lviv , Kirschenbaum made aliyah to Israel on 31 December 1973... |
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| Robert Ilatov Robert Ilatov Robert Ilatov is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu.-Biography:Born in Andijan in the Soviet Union to a Bukharian Jewish family, Ilatov made aliyah to Israel on April 10, 1985... |
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| Hamad Amar Hamad Amar Hamad Amar is an Israeli Druze politician and currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu.-Biography:Amar performed his national service in the IDF between 1982 and 1986. He earned a BA in sociology at Safed College, and later studied law. He worked as an assistant to Avigdor... |
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| Moshe Mutz Matlon | ||
| Lia Shemtov Lia Shemtov Lia Shemtov is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu.- Biography :Born in Chernivtsi in the Ukrainian SSR, Shemtov studied electronics engineering at Chernivtsi University before making aliyah to Israel in 1980. Between 1990 and 2003 she worked for Amidar... |
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| Alex Miller Alex Miller (Israeli politician) Alex Miller is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu.-Biography:Born in Moscow, Russia , Miller made aliyah to Israel on January 29, 1992... |
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| Shas Shas Shas is an ultra-orthodox religious political party in Israel, primarily representing Sephardic and Mizrahi Haredi Judaism.Shas was founded in 1984 by dissident members of the Ashkenazi dominated Agudat Israel, to represent the interests of religiously observant Sephardic and Mizrahi ... (10) |
Eli Yishai Eli Yishai Eliyahu "Eli" Yishai is an Israeli politician and head of the Shas party. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Shas, and as both one of four Deputy Prime Ministers and Minister of Internal Affairs.- Political life :... |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Ariel Atias Ariel Atias Ariel Atias is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Shas, and as the country's Minister of Housing and Construction. He is also manager of Shas' kosher supervision organization.-Biography:... |
Minister of Housing and Construction Housing and Construction Minister of Israel The Ministry of Housing and Construction is a portfolio in the Israeli cabinet. The ministry was created in 1961, and until 1977 it was known as the Ministry of Housing. Construction was also previously part of the Labour and Construction ministry during the provisional government between 1948 and... |
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| Yitzhak Cohen Yitzhak Cohen Rabbi Yitzhak Cohen is an Israeli politician who has served as a member of the Knesset for Shas since 1996, and is the current Deputy Minister of Finance.-Biography:Born in Ashkelon, Cohen served on the city's council and was its former deputy mayor.... |
Deputy Minister of Finance | |
| Amnon Cohen Amnon Cohen -Biography:Born in Samarkand in the Soviet Union , Cohen made aliyah to Israel in 1973. He gained a BA in business administration at the Center for Academic Studies in Kiryat Ono and took a two-year course at the Institute for Local Government in Bar-Ilan University.Cohen served as deputy mayor and... |
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| Meshulam Nahari Meshulam Nahari Rabbi Meshulam Nahari is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for the ultra-orthodox party Shas. He is a Minister without Portfolio serving in the Finance Ministry in the current government.-Background:... |
Minister without Portfolio Minister without Portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry... |
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| Ya'akov Margi Ya'akov Margi Ya'akov Margi is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Shas and as the country's Minister of Religious Services.-Biography:Margi was born in Morocco and brought to Israel during Yakhin Operation in 1962.... |
Minister of Religious Services | |
| David Azulai David Azulai -Biography:Azulai was born in Meknes in Morocco, and immigrated to Israel in 1963.Between the years 1973 to 1993, he worked as a teacher and vice principal. Simultaneously, from 1978 to 1993, he was a member of Acre's local council and served in the municipality's committees. In 1993 he was elected... |
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| Yitzhak Vaknin Yitzhak Vaknin -Biography:Between 1982 and 1987 Vaknin served as secretary of the Gornot HaGalil communal settlement. In 1988 he became chairman of the committee of Ya'ara, a position he held until 1996. Between 1988 and 1993 he also served as secretary of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council, and from 1993 until 1996... |
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| Nissim Ze'ev | ||
| Avraham Michaeli Avraham Michaeli -Biography:Born in Kulashi in the Soviet Union , Michaeli made aliyah to Israel on 29 June 1971. He studied law at Bar-Ilan University, gaining an LLB in 1984. In 2006 he was elected to the Knesset on Shas' list. He retained his seat in the 2009 elections, having been placed eleventh on the Shas... |
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| Labor Party (8) | Isaac Herzog | |
| Avishay Braverman | ||
| Shelly Yachimovich | ||
| Eitan Cabel | ||
| Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Binyamin Fuad Ben-Eliezer , , born 12 February 1936) is an Israeli politician and former military officer of Iraqi origin. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party, and has held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour, Minister of... |
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| Amir Peretz Amir Peretz Amir Peretz is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for the Labour Party. He is a former Defense Minister of Israel and former leader of the Labour Party, having left those positions in June 2007.... |
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| Raleb Majadele Raleb Majadele Ghaleb Majadele is an Israeli Arab politician. A member of the Knesset for the Labor Party, he became the country's first Muslim minister when appointed Minister without Portfolio on 28 January 2007.-Biography:... |
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| Independence Independence (Israeli political party) Independence is a recently-established political party in Israel. It was launched by Defense Minister Ehud Barak on 17 January 2011 after he and four other Labour Party MKs announced their secession from the caucus... (5) |
Ehud Barak Ehud Barak Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 until 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011 and holds the posts of Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's government.... |
Defense Minister Deputy Prime Minister |
| Matan Vilnai Matan Vilnai Matan Vilnai is an Israeli politician and a former Major General in the Israel Defense Forces . He is currently Minister for Home Front Defense and a member of the Knesset for Independence.-Biography:... |
Deputy Defense Minister | |
| Shalom Simhon Shalom Simhon Shalom Simhon is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Independence. He currently serves as the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour and Minister of Minorities in the Israeli cabinet.-Biography:... |
Minister of Agriculture Agriculture Minister of Israel The Agriculture Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and a relatively minor position in the Israeli cabinet. Since 1992 the full title of the position has been the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development , the Development Ministry having been... |
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| Orit Noked | Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour | |
| Einat Wilf | ||
| United Torah Judaism United Torah Judaism United Torah Judaism is an alliance of Degel HaTorah and Agudat Israel, two small Israeli Haredi political parties in the Knesset. It was first formed in 1992.The two parties have not always agreed with each other about policy matters... (5) |
Yaakov Litzman Yaakov Litzman Yaakov Litzman is an Israeli politician and Deputy Government Minister. A follower of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, he heads the Agudat Israel part of the United Torah Judaism faction in the Knesset.-Biography:... |
Deputy Minister of Health |
| Moshe Gafni Moshe Gafni Moshe Gafni is an Israeli politician and Member of the Knesset for the ultra-orthodox party Degel HaTorah.-Biography:Born in Bnei Brak, Gafni was educated in a yeshiva and later worked as head of a Kollel, avoiding national service in the IDF... |
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| Uri Maklev Uri Maklev Rabbi Yisrael Meir Uri Maklev is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for the Haredi party Degel HaTorah, which together with Agudat Yisrael forms the United Torah Judaism list.-Biography:... |
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| Eliezer Moses Eliezer Moses Menachem Eliezer Moses is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for United Torah Judaism and as Deputy Minister of Education.-Biography:... |
Deputy Minister of Education | |
| Yisrael Eichler | ||
| National Union National Union (Israel) The National Union is an alliance of nationalist political parties in Israel. In the 2009 elections the National Union consisted of four parties: Moledet, Hatikva, Eretz Yisrael Shelanu, and Tkuma.-Background:... (4) |
Ya'akov Katz Ya'akov Katz (politician born 1951) Ya’akov Dov "Katzele" Katz is an Israeli politician. He currently leads the National Union party, for whom he is a member of the Knesset, and is also the Executive Director of Beit El yeshiva Center Institutions and Arutz Sheva.... |
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| Uri Ariel Uri Ariel Uri Yehuda Ariel is an Israeli politician who current serves as a member of the Knesset for the National Union.-Biography:Born in Afula, Ariel served in a combat unit called Palsar 7 in the Israel Defense Forces and retired as a major... |
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| Aryeh Eldad | ||
| Michael Ben-Ari Michael Ben-Ari Michael Ben-Ari is an Israeli politician, and a current member of the Knesset for the National Union party. He is the first outspoken disciple of Rabbi Meir Kahane to be elected to the Knesset. He has a Ph.D in Land of Israel studies.-Biography:... |
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| Hadash Hadash Hadash is a Jewish and Arab socialist front of organizations that runs for the Israeli parliament. It currently has four members in the 120-seat Knesset.-Background:... (4) |
Mohammad Barakeh Mohammad Barakeh Mohammad Barakeh is an Israeli Arab politician and member of the Knesset for Hadash, of which he is the General Secretary.-Biography:Born in Shefa-'Amr, Barakeh studied mathematics at Tel Aviv University. He first became politically involved whilst at university in the late 1970s and early 1980s... |
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| Hana Sweid Hana Sweid Dr. Hana Sweid is an Israeli Arab politician and member of the Knesset for Hadash.-Biography:Born to a Christian family in Eilabun Dr. Hana Sweid is an Israeli Arab politician and member of the Knesset for Hadash.-Biography:Born to a Christian family in Eilabun Dr. Hana Sweid is an Israeli Arab... |
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| Dov Khenin Dov Khenin Dov Khenin is an Israeli political-scientist, lawyer, and member of the Knesset for the leftist Hadash party. He is a member of the central committee of Maki , an activist for socio-economic equality and an environmentalist... |
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| Afu Agbaria Afu Agbaria Dr. Afu Agbaria is an Israeli Arab politician and member of the Knesset for Hadash.-Biography:Born in Umm al-Fahm, Agbaria studied medicine at Saint Petersburg State University, where he qualified as a doctor. He later worked as a surgeon.... |
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Ibrahim Sarsur Ibrahim Sarsur Sheikh Ibrahim Sarsur is an Israeli Arab politician and member of the Knesset for the United Arab List, of which he is the party leader.-Biography:... |
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| Taleb el-Sana Taleb el-Sana Taleb el-Sana is an Israeli politician and lawyer, and is currently the longest serving Arab Member of the Knesset.-Biography:Born in Tel Arad in the Negev, he is an Israeli Arab of Bedouin origin. el-Sana studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a lawyer by profession... |
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| Masud Ghnaim Masud Ghnaim Masud Ghnaim is an Israeli Arab politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the United Arab List.-Biography:Ghnaim studied the history of the Middle East at the University of Haifa, gaining a BA, before working in education... |
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| Ta'al Ta'al Ta'al is an Israeli Arab political party in Israel led by Ahmad Tibi.-History:Ta'al was founded by Tibi in the mid 1990s. It ran in the 1996 elections under the name Arab Union, but won only 2,087 votes . For the 1999 elections it ran as part of the Balad list. Tibi won a seat, and broke away from... (1) |
Ahmad Tibi Ahmad Tibi Ahmad Tibi is an Arab-Israeli politician and leader of Ta'al , an Arab party in Israel. He currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. He was elected on a joint ticket with the United Arab List to serve in Israel's parliament, the Knesset... |
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| The Jewish Home The Jewish Home -External links:*... (3) |
Daniel Hershkowitz Daniel Hershkowitz Rabbi Professor Daniel Hershkowitz is an Israeli politician, mathematician and rabbi. In 2009 he was elected to the Knesset as the leader of The Jewish Home, and was appointed Minister of Science and Technology.... |
Minister of Science and Technology |
| Zevulun Orlev Zevulun Orlev Zevulun Orlev is an Israeli politician and a former leader of the National Religious Party. He was Minister of Welfare & Social Services , and is currently a Member of the Knesset for the The Jewish Home party... |
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| Nitzan Horowitz Nitzan Horowitz Nitzan Horowitz is an Israeli journalist and politician. He was the Foreign Affairs commentator and head of the International desk at News 10, the news division of Channel 10, before being elected to the Knesset on the New Movement-Meretz list in 2009.... |
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| Balad Balad (Israel) Balad is an Israeli Arab political party in Israel led by Jamal Zahalka. It is sometimes called the "National Democratic Alliance".- Ideology :... (3) |
Jamal Zahalka Jamal Zahalka Dr Jamal Zahalka is an Israeli Arab who serves as a member of the Knesset representing the democratic Balad party. He is a Balad party leader.-Background:... |
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| Said Nafa Said Nafa Said Nafa is a politician and lawyer. A Druze Palestinian Arab citizen of Israel, he is a member of the Knesset for the Arab party, Balad.-Biography:... |
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| Haneen Zoabi Haneen Zoabi Haneen Zoabi, also spelled Hanin Zoubi, , is a member of the Knesset representing the Balad party. She is a Palestinian Arab, who is also an Arab citizen of Israel... |
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| Whole Nation Whole Nation Whole Nation is a new political party in Israel.It was established on 14 April 2011 by Knesset member Haim Amsalem, five months after he was expelled from Shas, and took its name from the Hebrew translation of his surname. The party intends to run for the 19th Knesset, on a secular-religious unity... (1) |
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Replacements
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| Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in the Soviet Union, Shamalov-Berkovich made aliyah to Israel in 1979. She was amongst the founders of Israel Plus, the country's Russian language television channel, and... |
Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely to support the issue of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan, and was soon joined by like-minded Labor politicians... |
Haim Ramon Haim Ramon Haim Ramon is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1983 and 2009, and as both Vice Prime Minister and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office with responsibility for state policy.-Biography:... |
2 July 2009 | Ramon retired from politics to go into business |
| Einat Wilf | Labor Party | Ophir Pines-Paz Ophir Pines-Paz Ophir Pines-Paz is an Israeli former politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Science, Culture & Sport and as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party from 1996 until 2010.-Biography:... |
10 January 2010 | Pines-Paz retired from politics |
| Raleb Majadele Raleb Majadele Ghaleb Majadele is an Israeli Arab politician. A member of the Knesset for the Labor Party, he became the country's first Muslim minister when appointed Minister without Portfolio on 28 January 2007.-Biography:... |
Labor Party | Yuli Tamir Yuli Tamir Yael "Yuli" Tamir is an Israeli academic and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2003 and 2010, and as Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Education.-Biography:... |
13 April 2010 | Tamir retired from politics |
| Nino Abesadze Nino Abesadze Nino Abesadze is an Israeli politician and journalist who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in Tbilisi in the Soviet Union , Abesadze graduated from the Film School at the Open University of Georgia, before studying for degrees in Russian literature and... |
Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely to support the issue of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan, and was soon joined by like-minded Labor politicians... |
Tzachi Hanegbi Tzachi Hanegbi Tzachi Hanegbi is a prominent Israeli lawmaker and security expert. Hanegbi was the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee at the Knesset. Among the top cabinet positions he previously held are Minister of Justice, Minister of Internal Security and Minister of Intelligence and... |
9 November 2010 | Hanegbi suspended following indictment |
| Yisrael Eichler | United Torah Judaism United Torah Judaism United Torah Judaism is an alliance of Degel HaTorah and Agudat Israel, two small Israeli Haredi political parties in the Knesset. It was first formed in 1992.The two parties have not always agreed with each other about policy matters... |
Meir Porush | 6 February 2011 | Porush resigned as part of a seat rotation agreement. |
| Doron Avital Doron Avital Dr Doron Shalom Avital is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima.-Biography:Born in the Brit Ahim youth village near Bustan HaGalil, Avital moved to the Katamon neighbourhood of Jerusalem as a child. During the 1982 Lebanon War he served as commander of... |
Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely to support the issue of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan, and was soon joined by like-minded Labor politicians... |
Ze'ev Boim Ze'ev Boim Ze'ev Boim was an Israeli politician. He was the mayor of Kiryat Gat before becoming a Knesset member for Likud and later Kadima. Boim was Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister of Housing and Construction and Minister of Immigrant Absorption.... |
18 March 2011 | Death of Boim |
| Zahava Gal-On | New Movement – Meretz | Haim Oron Haim Oron Haim "Jumas" Oron is an Israeli politician and former Minister of Agriculture. He is currently head of the political party New Movement-Meretz, for whom he served as a member of the Knesset.-Biography:... |
25 March 2011 | Oron resigned his seat |
External links
- Current Knesset Members of the Eighteenth Knesset Knesset website