Age 44; born in Ramat Gan to a religious Tunisian-Jewish family as the eldest of seventeen siblings, raised in Moshav Zimrat in the Gaza envelope; learned at Mercaz HaRav yeshiva and served in the religious Netzah Yehuda Battalion; PhD in industrial engineering and management from Ben-Gurion University.
Positions and record
- Religious-Zionist scholar and industrial-engineering professional from the Gaza envelope with a PhD from Ben-Gurion University
- Entered the Knesset with Likud in 2019 and has served as Minister of Communications since December 2022
- Accelerated Israel's 5G rollout, expanded cellular coverage to Judea and Samaria and peripheral communities, and opened the market to new operators to lower consumer costs
- Approved Starlink satellite broadband for Israeli local authorities and emergency use, strengthening national resilience
- Champion of media pluralism, advancing reforms to break up legacy public-broadcasting monopolies and restore diversity of opinion in Israeli media
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Shlomo Karhi, The State of Israel. https://thestateofisrael.com/mk/shlomo-karhi