Yoav Kisch | |
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| Ministerial roles | |
| 2022– | Minister of Education |
| 2022–2023 | Minister of Regional Cooperation |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2015–2023 | Likud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1968 Tel Aviv, Israel |
Yoav Kisch (Hebrew: יוֹאָב קִישׁ; born 6 December 1968) is an Israeli politician. Previously a military and then civil pilot, he served as a member of the Knesset for Likud from 2015 to 2023 and has been Minister of Education and Minister of Regional Cooperation since December 2022.
Biography[edit]
Early life and education[edit]
Kisch was born and raised in Tel Aviv. His paternal grandfather was Frederick Kisch, the highest-ranking Jew ever to serve in the British Army. Through his mother, he is a descendant of Shmuel Salant, who served as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem in the 19th century. Kisch held British citizenship until having to renounce it in 2015 as a condition of being allowed to take up a seat in the Knesset.[1] He holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Political career[edit]
He was on the Likud Yisrael Beiteinu list for the 2013 Knesset elections, but failed to win a seat.
Prior to the 2015 elections he was placed 19th on the Likud list,[2] a slot reserved for the Tel Aviv region.[3] He was elected to the Knesset when Likud won 30 seats.[4] In March 2023, Kisch resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law and was replaced by Sasson Guetta.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Kisch is married with three children and lives in Ramat Gan.
References[edit]
- ^ Five new MKs must give up foreign citizenship Haaretz, 26 March 2015
- ^ Likud list Central Elections Committee
- ^ Likud newcomer hints at compromise on East Jerusalem The Times of Israel, 18 January 2015
- ^ Final Unofficial* results of the Elections for the Twentieth Knesset Central Elections Committee
- ^ "פנים חדשות: לאחר שקיש הגיש את התפטרותו, הח"כ הנכנס הצהיר אמונים במליאה". Now 14 (in Hebrew). 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
External links[edit]
- Yoav Kisch on the Knesset website
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