Aryeh Deri
| Aryeh Deri | |
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| Date of birth | 17 February 1959 |
| Place of birth | Meknes, Morocco |
| Year of aliyah | 1968 |
| Knessets | 13, 14, 19, 20 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1992–1999 | Shas |
| 2013–2015 | Shas |
| 2015–2016 | Shas |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1988–1992 | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 1993 | Minister without Portfolio |
| 1993 | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 2015 | Minister of the Economy |
| 2015– | Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee |
| 2016– | Minister of the Interior |
Aryeh Makhlouf Deri (Hebrew: אריה מכלוף דרעי; born 17 February 1959 in Meknes) is an Israeli politician. He is one of Shas founders, and acts on its behalf as Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee, and a member in the Security Cabinet of Israel. He previously served as Minister of the Economy. In 1999, Deri convicted of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. He was given a three-year jail sentence. At the end of 2012, ahead of the elections for the nineteenth Knesset, he returned to lead Shas party. He was placed in the 2nd position, and was re-elected to the Knesset. In May 2013, he re-appointed to the role of Shas chairman.
Deri is the only minister who was given a jail sentence and returned to serve as a minister in the Israeli government.
Deri was born on February 17, 1959 in Meknes, Morocco, to Esther (née Azougi) and Eliyahu. His parents lived in one of the new wealthy districts of the city, and were influenced by the French culture. His father owned a successful business of tailoring, and his family were traditional Jews, but not religious. When he turned 5, he began to learn in Ozar Hatorah, a school for Orthodox Jewish education, and excelled in his studies. In 1968, as he turned 9, his family made Aliyah to Israel, as a lot of Jews who did so after the Six-Day War. They were sent to live in Bat Yam.
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