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Aryeh Deri

Date of birth	(1959-02-17) February 17, 1959 (age 53)
Place of birth	Meknes, Morocco
Year of aliyah	1968
Knessets	13th, 14th
Party	Shas
Ministerial posts (current in bold)	Minister of Internal Affairs Minister without Portfolio

Aryeh Deri (Hebrew: אריה דרעי‎; born February 17, 1959 in Meknes, Morocco) is an Israeli politician, and former leader of Israel's Shas Party.

Contents

1 Biography
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

Biography

After Deri was convicted of taking $155,000 in bribes while serving as Interior Minister and given a three-year jail sentence in 2000, he was replaced by Eli Yishai.^[1]^[2] Due to good behavior, Deri was released from Maasiyahu Prison in 2002 after serving 22 months.^[3]

In 2005, he was voted the 58th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.^[4]

In June 2011, he announced that he was planning to return to politics.^[5]

References

^ Sontag, Deborah (September 4, 2000). "In a Divided Israel, Thousands Rally for the Ex-Shas Party Leader as He Goes to Jail". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07E2D71130F937A3575AC0A9669C8B63. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
^ Kessel, Jerrold (September 3, 2000). "Israeli political leader goes to jail after emotional send-off". CNN. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/09/03/shas.jail/. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
^ "Former Shas leader to leave prison". BBC News. July 11, 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2122057.stm. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ "Former Shas leader announces intent to return to politics". Ha'aretz English. June 22, 2011. http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/former-shas-leader-announces-intent-to-return-to-politics-1.369098. Retrieved June 22, 2011.

External links

Aryeh Deri Knesset website

v t e Internal Affairs Ministers of Israel

Gruenbaum (1948-49) Shapira (1949-52) Rokach (1952-55) Shapira (1955) Bar-Yehuda (1955-59) Shapira (1959-70) Meir (1970) Burg (1970-74) Hillel (1974) Burg (1974-76) Hillel (1977) Burg (1977-84) Peres (1984) Peretz (1984-87) Shamir (1987-88) Deri (1988-93) Rabin (1993) Deri (1993) Rabin (1993-95) Baram (1995) Libai (1995) Barak (1995) Ramon (1995-96) Suissa (1996-99) Sharansky (1999-2000) Ramon (2000-01) Yishai (2001-02) Sharon (2002) Yishai (2002-03) Poraz (2003-04) Pines-Paz (2005) Sharon (2004-06) Bar-On (2006-07) Sheetrit (2007-09)) Yishai (from 2009)

Porat Yosef Yeshiva

Location: Jerusalem (Old City and Geula branches)

Roshei yeshiva: Moshe Tzadka • Shalom Cohen • Tzion Tzagi

Past roshei yeshiva: Ben Zion Abba Shaul • Ezra Attiya • Shlomo Laniado • Yehuda Tzadka • Yehuda Mualem

Prominent alumni: Ben Zion Abba Shaul • Ezra Ades • Baruch Ben Haim • Eliyahu Ben Haim • Aryeh Deri • Mordechai Eliyahu • Yitzhak Kaduri • Zion Levy • Yehuda Tzadka • Ovadia Yosef

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Date of birth	1959-02-17
Place of birth	Meknes, Morocco
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