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Yehuda Weinstein


Yehuda Weinstein (Hebrew: יהודה וינשטיין‎; born April 19, 1944) is an Israeli lawyer and former Attorney General of Israel, having replaced the previous attorney general, Menachem Mazuz, on 1 February 2010.

Weinstein was born in Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine to Jewish Parents who made Aliyah from Poland during the 1930s. He grew up in Florentin, Tel Aviv, and during his adolescence he was involved in sports, especially boxing, and won the Israeli youth boxing championship. During his national service in the Israel Defense Forces, he served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He later graduated from Tel Aviv University with a B.A in Law and M.A from Bar-Ilan University.

Weinstein then worked for the State Attorney's Office as a prosecutor for the Central District Attorney's Office, and in his latter role there, before his retirement in 1979, he served as a senior deputy for the District Attorney's Office. Towards the end of his term there he founded his own private law firm, and became known as a successful criminal defense layer, specializing in White-collar crimes. Among other known clients, he represented Ezer Weizman, Aryeh Deri, Ehud Olmert, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yossi Beilin, Avigdor Ben-Gal and others.


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