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Eli Yishai

1962 - Today

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Eliyahu "Eli" Yishai (Hebrew: אליהו "אלי" ישי‎; born 26 December 1962) is an Israeli politician. A former leader of Shas, he represented the party in the Knesset from 1996 until 2015, also holding several ministerial posts, including being Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor. In December 2014, he left Shas to establish the Yachad party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Eli Yishai is the 17,659th most popular politician (down from 16,810th in 2024), the 358th most popular biography from Israel (down from 335th in 2019) and the 115th most popular Israeli Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eli Yishai ranks 17,659 out of 19,576Before him are Tertius Zongo, Ilan Gilon, Gene Okerlund, Domingos Simões Pereira, Siaosi Sovaleni, and Lot M. Morrill. After him are Jo Benkow, Jean-Pierre Bel, Renhō, Chidambaram Subramaniam, Raffaele Fitto, and Red Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Eli Yishai ranks 587Before him are José Carlos da Costa Araújo, Patrick M. Shanahan, Jorge Bom Jesus, Zsolt Semjén, Michael T. Weiss, and Sri Mulyani. After him are Mo Hayder, Yevgeny Roizman, Patrice Motsepe, Sjón, Nina Åström, and Fandi Ahmad.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Eli Yishai ranks 358 out of 466Before him are Lior Ashkenazi (1968), Ronny Rosenthal (1963), Amos Mansdorf (1965), Chanoch Nissany (1963), Daniel Hagari (1976), and Neil Druckmann (1978). After him are Dudu Aouate (1977), Gilad Erdan (1970), Harel Skaat (1981), Tal Ben Haim (1982), Nadav Lapid (1975), and Gila Gamliel (1974).

Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Eli Yishai ranks 115Before him are Merav Michaeli (1966), Ayelet Shaked (1976), Moshe Feiglin (1962), Eli Cohen (1972), Haneen Zoabi (1969), and Yuli Tamir (1954). After him are Gilad Erdan (1970), Gila Gamliel (1974), Avi Gabbay (1967), Einat Kalisch-Rotem (1970), Tamar Zandberg (1976), and Mansour Abbas (1974).