Shlomo Benizri | |
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Ministerial roles | |
1999–2000 | Minister of Health |
2001–2002 | Minister of Labor & Social Welfare |
2002–2003 | Minister of Labor & Social Welfare |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1992–2008 | Shas |
Personal details | |
Born | Nesher, Israel | 7 February 1961
Shlomo Benizri (Hebrew: שלמה בניזרי; born 7 February 1961) is an Israeli politician and member of the Shas party. He represented Shas in the Knesset between 1992 and 2008, serving as Deputy Health Minister, Minister of Health, and Labor and Social Welfare Minister during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was later convicted for accepting bribes, breach of trust, conspiring to commit a crime, and obstruction of justice, and served a prison sentence.[1]