Biography
Zelekha was born to History of the Jews in Iraq, Iraqi-Jewish immigrants and grew up in Ramat Gan. His father was a branch manager for Bank Leumi. After completing high school, Zelekha did his military service in the Israel Defense Forces in the Research Department (Aman), Research Department of the Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel), Military Intelligence Directorate. After being released from military service in 1991, he studied economics at Bar-Ilan University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1994. He earned a doctorate in economics from Bar-Ilan University in 2001. Zelekha is married to Orly and has three children.Accounting and academic career
He subsequently worked as an accountant. From 1995 to 1997, he was a lecturer in accounting at the College of Management Academic Studies. He entered public service in 1996 as an economist for the Prime Minister's Office and was appointed head of the Accounting Department at Ono Academic College in 1998. Zelekha was an Ministry of Finance (Israel), Israeli Ministry of Finance accountant general during 2003–2007. He was a key witness, according to State Comptroller of Israel, state comptroller's office, who testified against Ehud Olmert in his role of Finance Minister of Israel, finance minister in a case of alleged bribery during the sale of the Bank Leumi's controlling shares. Zelekha said that the State of Israel is more corrupt than it appears. In 2011, Zelekha was chosen to head a committee for examining centralization in the private vehicle market in Israel.Political career
In December 2020, Zelekha formed the New Economic Party based on an economic vision and said he would run as a candidate in the 2021 Israeli legislative election, March 2021 national election in Israel. The New Economic Party did not win any seats in the election.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zelekha, Yaron 1970 births Living people Israeli economists Israeli civil servants Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent Bar-Ilan University alumni Academic staff of Ono Academic College