Yariv Levin
| Yariv Levin | |
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| Date of birth | 22 June 1969 |
| Place of birth | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Knessets | 18, 19, 20 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 2009– | Likud |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 2015 | Minister of Internal Security |
| 2015– | Minister of Tourism |
Yariv Gideon Levin (Hebrew: יריב גדעון לוין, born 22 June 1969) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He currently serves as a member of Knesset for Likud and Minister of Tourism.
Levin was born in Jerusalem to Gail and Aryeh Levin, an Israel Prize laureate for linguistics, His mother's uncle, Eliyahu Lankin, was commander of the Altalena ship and member of the first Knesset representing Herut, whilst Menachem Begin was the Sandek at Levin's circumcision ceremony.
Levin studied at Boyar High School in Jerusalem. During his national service he joined the IDF Intelligence Corps as an Arabic translator and later served as commander of an Arabic translation course. In 1995 he published a dictionary of economic terms translated between Hebrew-Arabic-English, Arabic-Hebrew-English and English-Arabic-Hebrew.
Levin gained an LLB from the Hebrew University and worked as a lawyer in the field of civil-commercial law. He married Yifat, daughter of former Knesset Member Ya'akov Shamai. They have three children and live in Modi'in.
Levin began his public activities in Likud's student faction at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he served as Spokesman and later as deputy chairman of the faction. In 1997, he headed a team that established the Likud branch in Modi'in and in 2003, he was appointed chairman of the branch. He also represented the opposition to the disengagement plan from Gaza in the supervising committee of the Likud members' poll on the plan, and represented the Members of Knesset who opposed the plan in various legal proceedings.
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