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Meir Porush

Politician

Meir Porush is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Me'ir Poruš · Meir Porusch · Meir Porush · Meir Poruş · Меир Поруш · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Me'ir Porush · Me'ir Poruš · Meir Porusch · Meir Poruš · Me’ir Porusz · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1955-06-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Jerusalem · Jerusalem, Israel · ירושלים, ישראל				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Israel				[sources]
Country	Israel				[sources]
Citizenship	Israel				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Meir				[sources]
Last name	Porush				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1391548				[sources]
Position	Knesset (member, 2003-2006) · Knesset (member, 2006-2009) · Knesset (member, 2009-2011) · Knesset (member, 2013-2015) · Knesset (member, 2015-2016) · 17 more...				[sources]
Education	Slabodka yeshiva				[sources]
Religion	Haredi Judaism				[sources]
Source link	main.knesset.gov.il · main.knesset.gov.il · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition of Israel

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-07

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Menachem Porush Politician	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Knesset	2013-02-05	2015-03-31
Knesset Member

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,886

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US CIA World Leaders11,019

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United States of America · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,094

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Wikidata · non-official source

Israel Knesset Members475

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Israel · Knesset

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-669963e2-9483-4105-971a-8b64afdaade8 · il-knesset-103 · us-cia-israel-meir-porush-minister-of-jerusalem-and-jewish-tradition

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