Israeli Politicians
Send to a friendAriel Attias
Minister of Communication
Ariel Atias was born in Tel Aviv in 1970. Atias is the general manager of Shas' kosher supervision organization, and considered to be the second strongest man in the party. He was elected…Read more
Ruhama Avraham
Minister Without Portfolio, responsible for liaison with the Knesset
Ruhama Avraham was born in Rishon Letzion on 29 January 1964. Following her army service, she gained a BA in political science from Bar-Ilan University. She was…Read more
Ehud Barak
Minister of Defence, Head of the Labour Party, Former Prime Minister
Ehud Barak was born in 1942 in Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon. He joined the Israel Defence Forces in 1959, and served as a soldier and commander of an elite…Read more
Ronnie Bar-On
Minister of Finance
Ronnie Bar-On was born in Tel Aviv in 1948. He completed his IDF service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and served as Justice in the Military Court of Appeals in the…Read more
Yossi Beilin
Chairman of the Meretz-Yahad party
Yossi Beilin was born in 1948 in Petach Tikvah, Israel. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Tel Aviv University and worked as a journalist and editorial board…Read more
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
Minister of National Infrastructures
Benjamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer was born in Iraq in 1936 and immigrated to Israel in 1949. Ben-Eliezer served in the Israel Defence Forces as a career officer, serving as…Read more
Shlomo Benizri
Shas Member of Knesset (MK)
Shlomo Benizri was born in Haifa in 1951. He served in the IDF and was ordained a rabbi at the Or Hachaim Talmudic College in Jerusalem. Benizri…Read more
Ze'ev Boim
Minister of Housing and Construction
Ze'ev Boim was born in 1943 in Jerusalem. Boim served as a company commander in the IDF Armoured Corps. A teacher by profession, he earned a BA in…Read more
Yitzhak Cohen
Minister
Yitzhak Cohen was born in Ashkelon, Israel in 1951. He served in the IDF and was educated in a Talmudic college. Cohen is a former Deputy Mayor of…Read more
Avi Dichter
Minister of Internal Security
Dichter was born in Ashkelon, 1952 and in his youth was a member of Hashomer Hatzair movement. During his military service, he served in Sayeret Matkal, an elite unite in…Read more
Ya'akov Edery
Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee
Ya'akov Edery was born in 1950 in Morocco, and immigrated to Israel in 1959. He earned a B.A. in Political Science and an M.A. in Public Administration from the University…Read more
Effie Eitam
Ichud Leumi (Mafdal) MK
Efraim (Effie) Eitam (Fein) was born in Kibbutz Ein Gev. He holds an MA from Haifa University and studied at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. Eitam…Read more
Rafi Eitan
Chairman of Gil Pensioners Party; Minister, responsible for pensioners
Rafi Eitan was born in Kibbutz Ein Harod in 1926. He served in the IDF with the rank of captain. He holds a BSE in Economics from the London…Read more
Benny Elon
Chairman of Ichud Leumi Party
Binyamin (Benny) Elon was born in Jerusalem in 1954, the son of former Deputy Supreme Court President Menahem Elon. Benny Elon attended Yeshiva, served as a chaplain in the…Read more
Gideon Ezra
Minister of the Environment
Gideon Ezra was born in Jerusalem in 1937. After serving in the IDF in the Nahal Paratroops, he studied Geography and Political Science at Haifa University. Ezra…Read more
Daniel Friedmann
Justice Minister
Prof. Friedmann was the Dean of Tel-Aviv University Law Faculty in 1974-78. He has been visiting professor at Harvard University Law School; the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Queen Mary…Read more
Tzachi Hanegbi
Kadima MK
Tzachi Hanegbi was born in Jerusalem in 1957. He served as a paratrooper in the IDF and earned a B.A. and a law degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.…Read more
Isaac Herzog
Minister of Welfare and Social Services, Minister of the Diaspora, Society, and Fight against Antisemitism
Isaac Herzog, son of the late Israeli President Chaim Herzog, was born in Israel in 1960. He completed his army service with the rank of major (res.). He holds a degree…Read more
Abraham Hirchson
Minister of Finance
Abraham Hirchson was born in Israel in 1941. He completed his military service with the rank of Staff Sergeant and pursued academic studies. Hirchson served as Secretary General of…Read more
Dalia Itzik
Knesset Speaker
Dalia Itzik was born in Jerusalem in 1952. She received a B.A. in Literature and History from the Hebrew University and a Teacher's Diploma from the Efrata Teachers Seminary…Read more
Moshe Kahlon
Likud MK
Moshe Kahlon was born in 1960 in Givat Olga, to parents who immigrated from Libya. One of seven children, he joined the IDF in 1978, serving as a training instructor.…Read more
Yisrael Katz
Likud MK
Yisrael Katz was born in 1955 in Ashkelon. He holds BA and MA degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Katz has been a Likud Member of Knesset since…Read more
Uzi Landau
TBC
Uzi Landau was born in 1943 in Haifa. A systems analyst by profession, Landau holds Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Technion…Read more
David Levi
Former Likud MK
David Levy was born in Rabat, Morocco in 1937, where he graduated high school. He immigrated to Israel in 1959 and settled in Beit She'an. He served as…Read more
Avigdor Lieberman
Deputy Prime Minister, Yisrael Beitenu leader and MK
Avigdor Lieberman was born in 1958 in Moldova and immigrated to Israel in 1978. He served in the IDF, and has a B.A. in International Relations and Political Science from…Read more
Limor Livnat
Likud MK
Limor Livnat was born in 1950 in Haifa. She holds a BA degree from Tel-Aviv University and has professional experience in advertising and public relations. Livnat has been…Read more
Tzipi Livni
Kadima party leader; Foreign Minister
Tzipi Livni was born in Israel in 1958. A lawyer by profession, she holds an LL.B. degree from Bar Ilan University. Livni was an employee of the Mossad (1980-1984) and Director…Read more
Raleb Majadele
Minister Without Portfolio
Raleb Majadele was born in 1953 in Baka el-Garbia, an Arab Israeli town in the Lower Galilee. A businessman and public activist, Majadele has been active in the areas…Read more
Michael Melchior
Danish-Norwegian rabbi, Meimad leader and Labor MK
Rabbi Michael Melchior was born in 1954 in Denmark. He received his rabbinical ordination from Yeshivat Hakotel in Jerusalem. From a long line of Scandinavian rabbis, he has served as…Read more
Amram Mitzna
Leader of the Labour Party from 2002 to 2003. Currently Acting Mayor of Yeruham
Amram Mitzna was born 1945 on Kibbutz Dovrat. He holds B.A. in Geography and M.A. in Political Science from Haifa University; he also completed the graduate program in public administration…Read more
Shaul Mofaz
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transportation and Road Safety
Lieutenant-General (res.) Shaul Mofaz was born in Iran in 1948 and immigrated to Israel in 1957. In 1966, he joined the IDF, and as a paratrooper in the…Read more
Meshulam Nahari
Minister without portfolio
Meshulam Nahari was born in Jerusalem, Israel in 1951. He served in the IDF, with the rank of sergeant. He was ordained as a rabbi at Yeshivat Hebron…Read more
Dan Naveh
Former Likud MK
Dan Naveh was born in Israel in 1960. An attorney by profession, he holds an LL.B. degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Naveh served as Advisor to Minister…Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu
Likud Party Chairman; Leader of the Opposition; Prime Minister 1996-1999
Benjamin Netanyahu was born in Tel Aviv in 1949 and grew up in Jerusalem. He spent his adolescent years in the United States, where his father - a noted historian…Read more
Ehud Olmert
Prime Minister; Minister of Social Welfare
Ehud Olmert was born in Binyamina in 1945. He served in the IDF as combat infantry unit officer and was a military correspondent for the IDF journal Bamachane. A lawyer by…Read more
Zevulun Orlev
Chairman of the National Religious Party
Zevulun Orlev was born in Israel in 1945. He studied Humanities and Social Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and teaching at Moreshet Yaakov College. Orlev…Read more
Haim Oron
Meretz-Yachad MK
Haim Oron was born in Tel-Aviv in 1940 and is a member of Kibbutz Lahav near Beersheva. Oron served as secretary of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement from 1968-1971, and…Read more
Shimon Peres
President of the State of Israel, Former Prime Minister
Shimon Peres was born in Byelorussia in 1923 and immigrated to Palestine with his family at the age of 11. He grew up in Tel Aviv and attended the agricultural…Read more
Amir Peretz
Labour MK
Amir Peretz was born in Morocco in 1952 and immigrated to Israel in 1956, his family settling in the town of Sderot in the Negev. He served in the IDF…Read more
Ophir Pines-Paz
Labour MK
Ophir Pines-Paz was born in Israel in 1961. He completed his army service with the rank of Staff Sergeant. He holds a B.A. in International Relations from the Hebrew University…Read more
Ron Prosor
Ambassador
H.E. Ron Prosor was appointed Israel's Envoy to the Court of St. James in 2007, assuming the role in the autumn. Mr. Prosor joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in…Read more
Haim Ramon
Vice Premier
Haim Ramon was born in Tel Aviv in 1950. He served as an officer in the Israel Air Force and holds a B.A. in Law from Tel Aviv…Read more
Reuven Rivlin
Likud MK
Reuven Rivlin was born in Jerusalem in 1939. A lawyer by profession, he holds an LL.B. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Rivlin served as Legal Adviser,…Read more
Yossi Sarid
Former Meretz-Yachad MK
Yossi Sarid was born in Rehovot in 1940. He served in the IDF Artillery Corps and as a military correspondent. Sarid holds an M.A. in Political Science and Sociology from…Read more
Silvan Shalom
Likud MK
Silvan Shalom was born in Tunisia and immigrated to Israel in 1959. He holds degrees in Economics (B.A.) and Accounting (C.P.A.) from Ben-Gurion University, as well as a law degree…Read more
Meir Sheetrit
Minister of Internal Affairs
Meir Sheetrit was born in 1948 in Morocco and immigrated to Israel in 1957. He holds an MA in Political Science from Bar-Ilan University. He served in the IDF,…Read more
Shalom Simhon
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Shalom Simhon was born in Israel in 1956 in Kfar Sava. He served in the IDF and has a B.A. in Social Work from Haifa University. Shalom Simhon resides…Read more
Yael (Yuli) Tamir
Education Minister
Yael (Yuli) Tamir was born in Israel in 1954. She received a B.A. cum laude in Biology from the Hebrew University in 1978 and an M.A. in Political Science in…Read more
Eli Yishai
Chairman of Shas, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor
Eliyahu Yishai was born in Jerusalem in 1962. He served in the IDF and studied at Yeshivat Hanegev and Yeshivat Porat Yosef. He is Chairman of the Shas…Read more
Yacov Ben Yizri
Minister of Health
Yacov Ben Yizri was born in Fez, Morocco, in 1927 and immigrated to Israel after the establishment of the state, in 1949. He served in the army at the rank of…Read more
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