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Yariv Levin

Yariv Levin

Yariv Gideon Levin (Hebrew: יריב גדעון לוין; born 22 June 1969) is an Israeli lawyer and politician who serves as Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Justice. He served as Speaker of the Knesset in December 2022, previously serving in that role from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as a member of Knesset for Likud, and previously held the posts of Minister of Internal Security, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of Aliyah and Integration.

Levin has advocated reforms to Israel's judicial branch, most notably the 2023 Israeli judicial reform. Levin has refused to acknowledge Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit since his appointment in 2025, in what has been branded a constitutional crisis.