Tzachi Hanegbi
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| Date of birth | 26 February 1957 |
| Place of birth | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Knessets | 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1988–2005 | Likud |
| 2006–2010 | Kadima |
| 2013– | Likud |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1996 | Minister of Health |
| 1996–1999 | Minister of Justice |
| 2001–2003 | Minister of the Environment |
| 2002–2003 | Minister of Transportation |
| 2003–2005 | Minister of Internal Security |
| 2004–2006 | Minister in the Prime Minister's Office |
| 2016 | Minister in the Prime Minister's Office |
| 2016– | Regional Cooperation Minister |
| 2017- | Minister of Telecommunication |
Yitzhak "Tzachi" Hanegbi (Hebrew: יצחק "צחי" הנגבי, born 26 February 1957) is a prominent Israeli politician and national security expert.. A member of Likud, Hanegbi is currently Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, in charge of National Security and Foreign Affairs.
He served as Minister of Justice, Minister of Internal Security, Minister of Intelligence and Nuclear Affairs, and Minister in the Prime Minister's office supervising Israel's intelligence agencies - Mossad and Shin Bet. He was also responsible for overseeing Israel's Atomic Energy Agency, and served as the minister in charge of Israel's strategic relationship and security dialogue with the United States. He also served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and Majority Leader of the Knesset.
Hanegbi was born in Jerusalem in 1957. His mother is Geula Cohen, a prominent member of the 1940s underground group Lehi and later MK for Likud and Tehiya. His father, Immanuel Hanegbi, was the Operations Officer for the Lehi. After his military service in the paratroopers corps, Hanegbi studied international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As president of the Hebrew University Student Union in 1980, he received a six-month suspended sentence for leading an attack on Arab students. Despite this incident, he became president of the National Union of Israeli Students later that year, holding that title until 1982. After his undergraduate studies, he went on to study law, obtaining an LL.B.
Hanegbi lives in Mevaseret Zion, on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Hanegbi was first elected to the Knesset in the 1988 elections, and headed the Prime Minister's Bureau under Yitzhak Shamir. He retained his seat in the 1992 and 1996 elections, and was initially appointed Minister of Health in Binyamin Netanyahu's government, becoming Minister of Justice in September 1996 and dropping the health portfolio in November that year.
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