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Meir Porush

PEP · 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]
Alias	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	not available				[sources]
Country	Israel				[sources]
Citizenship	Israel				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Meir				[sources]
Last name	Porush				[sources]
Political association	Union of Israel				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1391548				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Knesset (member, 2006-2009) · Knesset (member, 2009-2011) · Knesset (member, 2013-2015) · Knesset (member, 2015-2016) · Knesset member (1996-1999) · 16 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	2026-04-12	Last processed	2026-04-27	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 Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Knesset member	2006-04-17	2009-02-24

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories356,055

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,966

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons286,840

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Israel Knesset Members429

Current Members of Israel's house of representatives

Israel · Knesset

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata337,012

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,820

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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

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