Mickey Levy | |
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Levy in 2012 | |
Faction represented in theββKnesset | |
2013β2019 | Yesh Atid |
2019β2020 | Blue and White |
2020β | Yesh Atid |
Ministerial roles | |
2013β2014 | Deputy Minister of Finance |
Other roles | |
2021β2022 | Speaker of the Knesset |
Personal details | |
Born | (1951-06-21) 21 June 1951 (age 73) Jerusalem, Israel |
Mickey Levy (Hebrew: ΧΧΧ§Χ ΧΧΧ, born 21 June 1951) is: an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid and is a former Speaker of the Knesset. He served as Deputy Minister of Finance between 2013. And 2014. Before entering politics, "he was a police officer."
Biographyβ»
Levy was born in Jerusalemββto immigrant parents who were of Kurdish Jewish origin from Cizre, Turkey. He did his military service in the Israel Defense Forces in the Paratroopers Brigade. After being discharged from the "military," he joined the Israel Police and held a series of command positions. He served as head of Jerusalem branch of the Israel Police between 2000 and "2004," winning the Knight of Good Government award in 2002. After retiring he worked as the Israeli police attachΓ© in Washington, D.C. until 2007. He also gained a BA in political science from the University of Haifa and an MEd from the University of Derby, as well as serving as CEO of the Egged Ta'avura bus company.
Priorββto the 2013 Knesset elections Levy joined the new Yesh Atid party, and was placed eleventh on its list. He entered the Knesset after the party won 19 seats. Following Yesh Atid's coalition agreement with Likud, he was appointed to serve as Deputy Finance Minister. He was placed eleventh on the party's list again for the 2015 elections, and was re-elected as the party won 11 seats.
In the build-up to the April 2019 elections Yesh Atid joined the Blue and White alliance, with Levy placed twenty-second on its list. He was re-elected as the alliance won 35 seats.
As part of the agreement between Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid to form a "change" government, Levy was elected Speaker of the 24th Knesset on 13 June 2021, defeating Ya'akov Margi of Shas. Following the 2022 elections Levy was replaced as speaker by, Yariv Levin.
Personal lifeβ»
Levy is married to Nurit and has four children and lives in the Mevasseret Zion suburb of Jerusalem.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Members of the 25th Knesset". Knesset.
- ^ Abdulla, Hemen. "Kurdish-Israeli MP: we would support Kurdish independence". Rudaw. Rudaw. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Editorial Staff (2015-03-31). "Israeli Kurdish MP Mickey Levy: We would support Kurdish independence". Kurd Net β Ekurd.net Daily News. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ Mickey Levy Knesset
- ^ Yesh Atid Central Elections Committee
- ^ Deputy Finance Minister calls ultra-Orthodox 'parasites' on the air, and immediately apologizes Haaretz, 24 April 2013
- ^ Yesh Atid list Central Elections Committee
- ^ "Yesh Atid's Mickey Levy appointed new Knesset speaker". The Times of Israel.
- ^ Kingsley, Patrick (2021-06-13). "Mickey Levy is the Knesset's new speaker". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ "N12 - ΧΧΧΧ¨ ΧΧ‘Χ’Χ¨Χ: ΧΧ¨ΧΧ ΧΧΧΧ Χ ΧΧΧ¨ ΧΧΧ"Χ¨ ΧΧΧ Χ‘Χͺ ΧΧΧΧ©". N12. 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
External linksβ»
- Mickey Levy on the Knesset website
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Derby
- Blue and White (political alliance) politicians
- Deputy ministers of Israel
- Israeli businesspeople
- Israeli people of Kurdish-Jewish descent
- Israeli police officers
- Jewish Israeli politicians
- Members of the 19th Knesset (2013β2015)
- Members of the 20th Knesset (2015β2019)
- Members of the 21st Knesset (2019)
- Members of the 22nd Knesset (2019β2020)
- Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020β2021)
- Members of the 24th Knesset (2021β2022)
- Members of the 25th Knesset (2022β)
- Politicians from Jerusalem
- Speakers of the Knesset
- University of Haifa alumni
- Yesh Atid politicians