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Ya'akov Margi
יעקב מרגי
MK (former Minister of Welfare and Social Affairs, 2022-2025; former Minister of Religious Services, 2009-2013)
Morocco-born Shas veteran who immigrated to Israel as a child, served as chairman of the Beersheba religious council, and has represented Sephardic Torah-observant Israelis in the Knesset since 2003, holding the Welfare portfolio until Shas honorably withdrew from the coalition in July 2025 over the unresolved yeshiva student conscription issue.
עמדות ופועל
- Champions welfare programs that lift up Haredi families, Sephardic communities, and Israel's working poor
- Defends the irreplaceable spiritual contribution of full-time yeshiva learners to the Jewish people and supports protecting their ability to continue Torah study
- Upholds the traditional Jewish character of personal status law as a cornerstone of Israel's identity as a Jewish state
- Announced in May 2026 he will not seek re-election after a distinguished 23-year Knesset career, while remaining committed to the Shas movement
ציטוט הדף הזה
Ya'akov Margi, מדינת ישראל. https://thestateofisrael.com/he/mk/yaakov-margi