Aryeh Gamliel ( he, אריה גמליאל, 11 March 1951 – 6 August 2021) was an Israeli rabbi and politician who served as a member of the
Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
for
Shas
Shas ( he, ש״ס) is a Haredi religious political party in Israel. Founded in 1984 under the leadership of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Israeli Sephardi chief rabbi, who remained its spiritual leader until his death in October 2013, it primarily ...
between 1988 and 2003.
Biography
Born in
Beersheba
Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...
, Gamliel was educated at a religious high school and a Talmudic College, before working as head of a Talmudic College.
He was first elected to the Knesset on Shas' list in
1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
. After being
re-elected in 1992, he was appointed Deputy
Minister of Housing and Construction in Yitzhak Rabin's government, but resigned on 9 September 1993.
After retaining his seat again in the
1996 elections, he was appointed Deputy
Minister of Religious Affairs, a position which he served in (aside from two brief breaks in August 1997 and January/February 1998) until the
1999 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1999.
* 1999 electoral calendar
Africa
* 1999 Algerian presidential election
* 1999 Botswana general election
* 1999 Beninese parliamentary election
* 1999 Central African Republic presidential elect ...
. He retained his seat again in the elections (in which he was placed second on the list after
Aryeh Deri
Aryeh Makhlouf Deri (, ), also Arie Deri, Arye Deri, or Arieh Deri (born 17 February 1959), is an Israeli politician. He is one of the founders of the Shas political party, and has served as Israel's Minister of the Interior, Minister of the D ...
), but lost it in the
2003 elections. A relative of his,
Gila Gamliel
Gila Gamliel (; born 24 February 1974) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as the Minister of Intelligence and as a member of the Knesset for Likud. She also previously served as Minister for Social Equality and as Minister of Envi ...
, later served as a Knesset member for
Likud
Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon ...
.
He died on 6 August 2021.
Rabbi and former Deputy Minister Aryeh Gamliel passes away
Israel National News, 6 August 2021
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1951 births
2021 deaths
Israeli Orthodox Jews
Israeli educators
Politicians from Beersheba
Israeli Rosh yeshivas
Shas politicians
Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–1992)
Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996)
Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999)
Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003)
Deputy ministers of Israel