Aryeh Gamliel
Aryeh Gamliel | |
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Date of birth | 11 March 1951 |
Place of birth | Beersheba, Israel |
Knessets | 12, 13, 14, 15 |
Faction represented in Knesset | |
1988–2003 | Shas |
Aryeh Gamliel (Hebrew: אריה גמליאל, born 11 March 1951) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 1988 and 2003.
Biography
Born in Beersheba, Gamliel was educated at a religious high school and a Talmudic College, before working as head of a Talmudic College.
He was first elected to the Knesset on Shas' list in 1988. After being re-elected in 1992, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction in Yitzhak Rabin's government, but resigned on 9 September 1993.
After retaining his seat again in the 1996 elections he was appointed Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs, a position which he served in (aside from two brief breaks in August 1997 and January/February 1998) until the 1999 elections. He retained his seat again in the elections (in which he was placed second on the list after Aryeh Deri),[1] but lost it in the 2003 elections.
Personal life
Aryeh Gamliel is a relative of Gila Gamliel, Knesset member for Likud.
References
- ↑ Parties and Lists The Jerusalem Post
External links
- Aryeh Gamliel on the Knesset website
- Articles containing Hebrew-language text
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Israeli educators
- People from Beersheba
- Israeli Rosh yeshivas
- Shas politicians
- Israeli people of Libyan descent
- Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–92)
- Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–96)
- Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–99)
- Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003)
- Deputy ministers of Israel