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Yoav Kisch

Yoav Kisch

Israeli pilot and politician

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 and Minister of Regional Cooperation since December 2022.

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Biography

Early life and education

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

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

Kisch is married with three children and lives in Ramat Gan.

References

  1. [1]
    Five new MKs must give up foreign citizenship Haaretz, 26 March 2015
  2. [2]
    Likud list Central Elections Committee
  3. [3]
    Likud newcomer hints at compromise on East Jerusalem The Times of Israel, 18 January 2015
  4. [4]
    Final Unofficial* results of the Elections for the Twentieth Knesset Central Elections Committee
  5. [5]
    "פנים חדשות: לאחר שקיש הגיש את התפטרותו, הח"כ הנכנס הצהיר אמונים במליאה". Now 14 (in Hebrew). 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
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