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Yoav Kisch


Ministerial roles
2022–	Minister of Education
2022–2023	Minister of Regional Cooperation
Faction represented in the Knesset
2015–2023	Likud

Personal details
Born	(1968-12-06) 6 December 1968 (age 55) 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 and Minister of Regional Cooperation since December 2022.

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

v t e Current members of the Knesset
Likud	Netanyahu Levin Gallant Ohana Barkat Dichter Israel Katz Karhi Danon Bitan Edelstein Revivo Distel-Atbaryan Vaturi Danino Gotliv Milwidsky Bismuth Saada Dellal Gamliel Ofir Katz Golan Illouz Kallner Atiya Halevi Melaku Shekalim Shitrit Passal Guetta
Yesh Atid	Lapid Meir Cohen Elharrar Meirav Cohen Stern Mickey Levy Ben-Ari Ben-Barak Segalovich Toporovsky Shir Roll Lahav-Hertzanu Beliak Ron Katz Sarfati Harkavi Mazarsky Fridman Biton Tur-Paz Davidson Shiri Meron Levi
Shas	Deri Malchieli Arbel Azulai Abutbul Buso Taieb Betzalel Mishraki Malul Moshiashvili
National Unity	Gantz Eizenkot Tamano-Shata Tropper Michael Biton Kahana Farkash-Hacohen Schuster
NRP-RZ	Sofer Strook Rothman Waldiger Tal Solomon Sukkot
United Torah Judaism	Gafni Tessler Asher Eichler Pindrus Roth Baruchi
Yisrael Beiteinu	Lieberman Forer Sova Nir Malinovsky Amar Kushnir
Otzma Yehudit	Ben-Gvir Wasserlauf Almog Cohen Fogel Har-Melech Kroizer
United Arab List	Abbas Taha Alhwashla Khatib-Yassin Hujeirat
Hadash–Ta'al	Odeh Tibi Touma-Suleiman Cassif Atauna
Labor	Michaeli Lazimi Kariv Rayten
National Right	Sa'ar Shasha-Biton Elkin Haskel
Noam	Maoz

v t e Current government of Israel
Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
Ministers	Yariv Levin (Deputy Prime Minister, Justice) Ofir Akunis (Science and Technology) Nir Barkat (Economy) Itamar Ben-Gvir (National Security) Yoav Ben-Tzur (Minister in the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, and Social Services) Haim Biton (Minister in the Ministry of Education) Amichai Chikli (Diaspora Affairs, Social Equality) Eli Cohen (Foreign Affairs) Ron Dermer (Strategic Affairs) Avi Dichter (Agriculture and Rural Development) Moshe Arbel (Interior) Uriel Buso (Health) Amihai Eliyahu (Heritage) Yoav Gallant (Defense) Gila Gamliel (Intelligence) Yitzhak Goldknopf (Housing and Construction, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office) Shlomo Karhi (Communications) Haim Katz (Tourism) Israel Katz (Energy) Yoav Kisch (Education, Regional Cooperation) Michael Malchieli (Religious Affairs) Ya'akov Margi (Labor, Social Affairs, and Social Services) Meir Porush (Jerusalem and Tradition) Miri Regev (Transportation) Idit Silman (Environmental Protection) Bezalel Smotrich (Finance, Minister in the Ministry of Defense) Ofir Sofer (Aliyah and Integration) Orit Strook (National Missions) Yitzhak Wasserlauf (Development of the Negev and Galilee) Miki Zohar (Culture and Sport) May Golan (Promotion of Women)
Ministers without Portfolio	Benny Gantz Gideon Sa'ar Gadi Eizenkot Hili Tropper Yifat Shasha-Biton
See also: 2022 Knesset elections Current members of the Knesset Israeli war cabinet

v t e Education Ministers of Israel
Shazar (1949–50) Remez (1950–51) Ben-Gurion (1951) Dinur (1951–55) Aran (1955–60) Eban (1960–63) Aran (1963–69) Allon (1969–74) Yadlin (1974–77) Hammer (1977–84) Navon (1984–90) Hammer (1990–92) Aloni (1992–93) Rabin (1993) Rubinstein (1993–96) Hammer (1996–98) Levy (1998–99) Sarid (1999–2000) Barak (2000–01) Livnat (2001–06) Sheetrit (2006) Tamir (2006–09) Sa'ar (2009–13) Piron (2013–14) Bennett (2015–19) Peretz (2019–20) Gallant (2020–21) Shasha-Biton (2021–22) Kisch (2022–)