Aryeh Deri | |
|---|---|
אריה דרעי | |
 Deri in 2015 | |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1988–1992 | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 1993 | Minister without Portfolio |
| 1993 | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 2015 | Minister of the Economy |
| 2015–2021 | Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee |
| 2016–2021 | Minister of Interior |
| 2018 | Minister of Religious Services |
| 2022–2023 | Minister of the Interior |
| 2022–2023 | Minister of Health |
| 2022–2023 | Vice Prime Minister |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1992–1999 | Shas |
| 2013–2015 | Shas |
| 2015–2016 | Shas |
| 2019–2020 | Shas |
| 2021 | Shas |
| 2022– | Shas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aryeh Makhlouf Deri 17 February 1959 Meknes, Morocco |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Spouse |
Yaffa Cohen (m. 1981) |
| Children | 9 |
Aryeh Makhlouf Deri (Hebrew: אריה מכלוף דרעי; Arabic: أريه مخلوف درعي), also Arie Deri, Arye Deri, or Arieh Deri (born 17 February 1959[1]), is an Israeli politician and one of the founders of the Shas political party who served as the Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Health, and Minister of the Interior and Periphery under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from December 2022 to January 2023.[2] Previously he served as the Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee, Minister of the Economy, as well as a member in the Security Cabinet of Israel.
In 1999, Deri was convicted of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust; he was given a three-year jail sentence. At the end of 2012, ahead of the elections for the nineteenth Knesset, he returned to lead the Shas party. He was placed in second position on the list, thus being re-elected to the Knesset. In May 2013, he was re-appointed to the role of Shas chairman. In December 2021, it was reported that Deri would resign from the Knesset as part of a plea deal for tax offenses.[3] After re-entering the Knesset in the 2022 elections, he was appointed as Vice Prime Minister, Interior Minister, and Health Minister in the thirty-seventh government in December 2022. However, due to a January 2023 ruling by the Supreme Court of Israel that Deri was not eligible for a ministerial position due to his criminal convictions and the terms of his plea deal, he was dismissed from his official posts in the Israeli cabinet.[4][5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:4was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Dayan, Aryeh (1999). The Story of Shas.
- ^ "Shas chair Deri to resign from Knesset in plea deal that lets him stay in politics — report." The Times of Israel, 20 December 2021.
- ^ Kershner, Isabel (18 January 2023). "Israel's Supreme Court Orders Removal of a Netanyahu Minister". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Kershner, Isabel (22 January 2023). "Netanyahu Fires Top Minister". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 January 2023.