Yaakov Litzman | |
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יעקב ליצמן | |
Ministerial roles | |
2015–2017 | Minister of Health |
2019–2020 | Minister of Health |
2020–2021 | Minister of Housing & Construction |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1999–2005 | United Torah Judaism |
2005–2006 | Agudat Yisrael |
2006–2008 | United Torah Judaism |
2008–2009 | Agudat Yisrael |
2009–2021 | United Torah Judaism |
2021–2022 | United Torah Judaism |
Personal details | |
Born | Allied-occupied Germany | 2 September 1948
Yaakov Noach Litzman (Hebrew: יעקב נח ליצמן, born 2 September 1948) is an Israeli politician and former government minister. A follower of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, he heads Agudat Yisrael, part of the United Torah Judaism alliance, in the Knesset.[1] He previously served as Minister of Health[2] and Minister of Housing and Construction.
Litzman resigned from the Knesset in June 2022, as part of a plea agreement in which he admitted criminally obstructing the extradition of convicted pedophile Malka Leifer.[3][4]