Yuli Edelstein

Yuli Edelstein
Official portrait, 2019
Ministerial roles
1996–1999Minister of Immigrant Absorption
2009–2013Minister of Information & Diaspora
2020–2021Minister of Health
Faction represented in the Knesset
1996–2003Yisrael BaAliyah
2003–2006Likud
2007–Likud
Other roles
2013–2020Speaker of the Knesset
Personal details
Born
Yulian Yur'evich Edelshtein
(Юлиан Юрьевич Эдельштейн}

(1958-08-05) 5 August 1958 (age 66)
Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Spouse(s)
Tatiana Freivort
(m. 1981; died 2014)

(m. 2016)
Children2
RelativesLeonid Nevzlin (father-in-law)
Residence(s)Neve Daniel, West Bank
EducationMoscow Pedagogical Institute (expelled)

Yuli-Yoel Edelstein (Hebrew: יולי יואל אדלשטיין, Russian: Юлий Йоэль Эдельштейн; born 5 August 1958)[1] is an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health from 2020 to 2021. One of the most prominent refuseniks in the Soviet Union, he was the 16th Speaker of the Knesset from 2013 until his resignation on 25 March 2020.[2]

  1. ^ "Knesset Member Yuli Yoel Edelstein". www.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ Wootliff, Raoul. "In bombshell, Yuli Edelstein resigns to avoid calling vote on new speaker". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.