Yoav Kisch
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Yoav Kisch | |
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.jpg) Kisch in 2021 | |
| 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 since December 2022. He also held the post of Minister of Regional Cooperation from 2022 to 2023.
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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- People from Tel Aviv
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