Eli Yishai
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| Date of birth | 26 December 1962 |
| Place of birth | Israel |
| Knessets | 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 |
| Party | Shas |
| Ministerial posts (current in bold) |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Internal Affairs Minister of Industry, Trade & Labour Minister of Labor & Social Welfare |
Eliyahu "Eli" Yishai (Hebrew: אליהו "אלי" ישי, born 26 December 1962) 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.
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[edit] Biography
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Yishai is married and has five children.[1][2]
[edit] Political life
Yishai started his political life as a member of the Jerusalem City Council from 1987-1988. He was first elected to the Knesset in the 1996 elections as a member of Shas, the Sephardic and Mizrahi Haredi party, and was made Minister of Labour and Social Welfare in Binyamin Netanyahu's government.
He retained his seat in the 1999 elections, and was again appointed Minister of Labor and Social Welfare in Ehud Barak's government. After Ariel Sharon beat Barak in the 2001 Prime Ministerial election, Yishai was appointed as Interior Minister and made a Deputy Prime Minister in Sharon's national unity government.
Yishai took over as party leader when Aryeh Deri was convicted of fraud but Shas were not included in Ariel Sharon's coalition government of the 16th Knesset.
After the 2006 elections Shas were invited to join Ehud Olmert's coalition and Yishai was made Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labour as well as being a Deputy Prime Minister. He remained Deputy Prime Minister following the 2009 elections, but moved to the Internal Affairs portfolio.
In May 2009, he refused to allow the Holy See to exercise jurisdiction over Christian holy sites in Israel, an agreement which would have resolved disputes over the implementation of the 1993 Fundamental Accord.[3] That November, Yishai argued that migrants to Israel should not be allowed to settle permanently in Israel because they bring in "a range of diseases such as hepatitis, measles, tuberculosis and AIDS."[4] However, the Jerusalem Post reviewed Israeli Ministry of Health data, and concluded that there was a relatively low infection rate among asylum-seekers.[5]
[edit] Controversy
He has been accused of negligence in the wake of Israel's deadly forest fire in December 2010, prompting calls to resign.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Personalities/From+A-Z/Eliyahu+Yishai.htm
- ^ http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=63
- ^ Williams, Dan (2009-05-04). "Israeli minister blocks zone deal for Church sites". Reuters. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE54350D20090504?sp=true. Retrieved 201-01-27.
- ^ Weiler-Polak, Dana (2009-11-05). "Israel proposes work camps for illegal migrants". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1126057.html. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ Friedman, Ron (2009-11-06). "Health Ministry data refutes Yishai's claims that African refugees bring in disease". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 2009-11-06. http://www.phr.org.il/default.asp?PageID=184&ItemID=274. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3993903,00.html
[edit] External links
- Eli Yishai Knesset website
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