David Levy (Israeli politician)
| David Levy | |
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| Date of birth | 21 December 1937 |
| Place of birth | Rabat, Morocco |
| Year of aliyah | 1957 |
| Knessets | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1969–1974 | Gahal |
| 1974–1996 | Likud |
| 1999–1999 | Gesher |
| 1999–2001 | One Israel |
| 2001–2003 | Gesher |
| 2003–2006 | Likud |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1977–1981 | Minister of Immigrant Absorption |
| 1979–1990 | Minister of Housing and Construction |
| 1981–1992 | Deputy Prime Minister |
| 1990–1992 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1996–1998 | Deputy Prime Minister |
| 1996–1998 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1999–2000 | Deputy Prime Minister |
| 1999–2000 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2002 | Minister without Portfolio |
David Levy (Hebrew: דוד לוי, born 21 December 1937) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1969 and 2006, as well as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Minister of Housing and Construction and as a Minister without Portfolio. Although most of his time as a Knesset member was spent with Likud, he also led the breakaway Gesher faction, which formed part of Ehud Barak's Labor-led government between 1999 and 2001.
Levy was born in Rabat, Morocco and emigrated to Israel in 1957. He began working in construction and became a leader of Beit She'an's working-class population, composed of many fellow Jews of North African descent. This earned Levy an advantage in his early career as a union activist when he began to campaign for membership in the Histadrut Labour Federation's executive body, which was then completely dominated by loyalists of the governing Mapai. Levy headed the opposition Blue-White faction. Before 1969 he also served a term as mayor of Beit She'an.
Until 1973 Likud had been an alliance of the right-wing Herut and centrist Liberal parties known as Gahal, which had never had an active role in governing Israel and had always been a weak opposition. Levy distinguished himself as the first of many young working-class members of the party from a Mizrahi (Oriental) background. Until then Herut and the Liberals had been both dominated by right-wing upper-class or upper-middle-class intellectuals, businessmen, agriculturalists, or lawyers.
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