Shlomo Karhi ( he, שְׁלֹמֹה קַרְעִי, born 6 April 1982) is an Israeli academic and politician. He is currently 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

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 ...

and serving as the Minister of Communications in the thirty-seventh government.

Biography

Karhi was born in

Ramat Gan Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many ...

into a religious family, and was the oldest of seventeen siblings. At the age of four he moved to the

Zimrat Zimrat ( he, זִמְרָת, ''lit.'' Song) is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located near Netivot and covering 4,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The villag ...

moshav. He was educated at the Kisse Rahamim and Mercaz HaRav yeshivas. He subsequently served in the

Netzah Yehuda Battalion The 97th Netzah Yehuda Battalion ( he, גדוד נצח יהודה, ), previously known as Nahal Haredi (), is a battalion in the Kfir Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces. The purpose of the unit is to allow Haredi Jewish men to serve as comb ...

during his national service in the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

, before earning a BA in management accounting and information systems at the Jerusalem College of Technology, and a master's degree and PhD in industrial engineering and management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He began work as a lecturer at Sapir Academic College, before becoming part of the faculty at Ben-Gurion University and then Bar-Ilan University. Karhi was placed twenty-fifth on the Likud list for the April 2019 elections, a slot reserved for candidates from the

Negev The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southe ...

.חברי הכנסת החדשים בליכוד: יו"ר ועד עובדי רשות התעופה ולוביסטית מצליחה
Haaretz, 7 February 2019 He was subsequently elected to the Knesset as Likud won 36 seats. He was re-elected in the September 2019 and March 2020 elections after being placed twenty-seventh on the Likud list, and was re-elected again in

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

(in twenty-fourth place) and

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

(in thirteenth place).בתום ספירת הקולות בפריימריז הליכוד: לוין ראשון, 6 ח"כים מכהנים בחוץ
Now 14, 11 October 2022

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karhi, Shlomo 1982 births Living people Academic staff of Bar-Ilan University Ben-Gurion University of the Negev alumni Academic staff of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israeli Orthodox Jews Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent Jerusalem College of Technology alumni Jewish Israeli politicians Likud politicians Members of the 21st Knesset (2019) Members of the 22nd Knesset (2019–2020) Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021) Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022) Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–) Mercaz HaRav alumni Moshavniks People from Southern District (Israel) Academic staff of Sapir Academic College