Amihai Eliyahu

Amihai Ben-Eliyahu (Hebrew: עמיחי בן אליהו, born 24 April 1979),[1][2] commonly known as Amihai Eliyahu (Hebrew: עמיחי אליהו), is an Israeli politician and activist who serves as Minister of Heritage since 2022. Eliyahu also briefly served as a member of Knesset for Otzma Yehudit following the 2022 Israeli legislative election.

Amihai Eliyahu
עמיחי בן אליהו‎
Ministerial roles
2022–Minister of Jerusalem Affairs
Faction represented in the Knesset
2022–2023Otzma Yehudit
Personal details
Born (1979-04-24) April 24, 1979
Jerusalem, Israel

Biography

Eliyahu was born in Jerusalem and raised in Shlomi, a town in Northern Israel. He is the son of Shmuel Eliyahu and the grandson of Mordechai Eliyahu, the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel. He attended various yeshivas across the country, and during his IDF service he served in the Paratroopers Brigade.

Political career

Eliyahu was placed fourth on the Otzma Yehudit list in the 2022 Israeli legislative election,[3] and became an MK.[4] He became Minister for Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage on 29 December 2022 and resigned from the Knesset on 1 January 2023 as part of the Norwegian Law.[2][5]

References
  1. הציונות הדתית בראשות בצלאל סמוטריץ ועוצמה יהודית בראשות איתמר בן גביר [Religious Zionism led by Bezalel Smotrich and Otzma Yehudit led by Itamar Ben Gvir] (in Hebrew). Government of Israel. 15 September 2022.
  2. "חבר הכנסת עמיחי אליהו". Knesset (in Hebrew). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. Ido Ben Porat (21 August 2022). "Rabbi Amihai Eliyahu joins Otzma Yehudit". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. Michael Bachner; Staff writer (15 November 2022). "As 25th Knesset sworn in, president urges MKs to end "addiction" to toxic discourse". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  5. "אחרי שמונה לשר: עמיחי אליהו התפטר מהכנסת". Srugim (in Hebrew). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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