All Topics  
Yaakov Edri

 
Yaakov Edri

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Yaakov Edri
 
 
  Topics Yaakov Edri Topic Home

Yaakov Edri (also spelt Edery or Edrey, born 25 November 1950) 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 and member of the Knesset for Kadima
Kadima

Kadima is a centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel founded by like-minded Likud and Israeli Labor Party politicians. It became the largest party in the Knesset after the Israeli legislative election, 2006, winning 29 of the 120 seats....
. Formerly Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Immigrant Absorption Minister of Israel

The Immigrant Absorption Minister of Israel , known until 1951 as the Minister of Immigration , is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Immigrant Absorption and a minor position in the Cabinet of Israel....
, Minister of Health
Health Minister of Israel

The Health Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Health and a member of the Cabinet of Israel. The current Minister of Health is Yaakov Ben-Yezri of Gil ....
 and a 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 ....
, Edri is the Minister of Negev and Galilee Development 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 Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, Edri emigrated to Israel in 1959. He attended the University of Haifa
University of Haifa

The University of Haifa is a university in Haifa, Israel.About 16,500 undergraduate and graduate student students study in the university a wide variety of topics, specializing in social sciences, humanities, law and education....
, where he gained a BA in political science and an MA in public administration.

Between 1989 and 2003, he served as mayor of Or Akiva, where he currently resides.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Yaakov Edri'
Start a new discussion about 'Yaakov Edri'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Yaakov Edri (also spelt Edery or Edrey, born 25 November 1950) 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 and member of the Knesset for Kadima
Kadima

Kadima is a centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel founded by like-minded Likud and Israeli Labor Party politicians. It became the largest party in the Knesset after the Israeli legislative election, 2006, winning 29 of the 120 seats....
. Formerly Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Immigrant Absorption Minister of Israel

The Immigrant Absorption Minister of Israel , known until 1951 as the Minister of Immigration , is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Immigrant Absorption and a minor position in the Cabinet of Israel....
, Minister of Health
Health Minister of Israel

The Health Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Health and a member of the Cabinet of Israel. The current Minister of Health is Yaakov Ben-Yezri of Gil ....
 and a 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 ....
, Edri is the Minister of Negev and Galilee Development 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....
.

Biography

Born in Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, Edri emigrated to Israel in 1959. He attended the University of Haifa
University of Haifa

The University of Haifa is a university in Haifa, Israel.About 16,500 undergraduate and graduate student students study in the university a wide variety of topics, specializing in social sciences, humanities, law and education....
, where he gained a BA in political science and an MA in public administration.

Between 1989 and 2003, he served as mayor of Or Akiva, where he currently resides. In 2003, he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list. On 10 March 2003, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Security
Internal Security Minister of Israel

The Internal Security Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Internal Security, which oversees Israel Police and the Israel Prison Service, and a member of the Cabinet of Israel....
. In late November 2005, he resigned from Likud
Likud

Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
 and joined Kadima
Kadima

Kadima is a centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel founded by like-minded Likud and Israeli Labor Party politicians. It became the largest party in the Knesset after the Israeli legislative election, 2006, winning 29 of the 120 seats....
. On 18 January 2006 he was appointed Minister of Health and the Minister for the Development of the Negev
Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
 and the Galilee
Galilee

Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa t...
.

Edri retained his seat in the 2006 elections, and on 27 July was named minister for Jerusalem affairs. As part of a cabinet reshuffle in July 2007 he became both Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Minister of Negev and Galilee Development. He lost the former portfolio on 14 July 2008 when Eli Aflalo
Eli Aflalo

Eli Aflalo is an Israeli politician. A member of the Knesset for Kadima, he was appointed Immigrant Absorption Minister of Israel in July 2008....
 was appointed to the post.

On 25 February 2007 he was appointed to be responsible for Israel's sixtieth anniversary celebrations. On the same day, he was questioned under caution on suspicion of having tried to receive personal benefits in return for promoting a police commander, Ya'akov Zigdon, whilst he was Deputy Minister of Internal Security. He denied the charges.

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....
 after being placed thirteenth on the Kadima list.

External links

  • Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs