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Ya'akov Katz

Military · Politician

Ya'akov Katz 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	Ja'akov Kac · Ja’akow Kac · Ya'akov Katz · Yaakov (Katzeleh) Katz · Yaakov Katz · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Ja'akov Kac · Jaakov Kac · Ya'akov Katz · Yaakov Katz · Кац, Яаков · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	כצל'ה · ヤアコフ・カッツ				[sources]
Birth date	1951-09-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Israel · Jerusalem · ישראל				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Israel				[sources]
Country	Israel				[sources]
Citizenship	Israel				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Yaakov				[sources]
Last name	Katz				[sources]
Political association	National Union				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2579152				[sources]
Position	Knesset (member, 2009-2013) · Knesset member (2009-2013) · chairperson (1988-)				[sources]
Education	Open University of Israel				[sources]
Source link	main.knesset.gov.il · main.knesset.gov.il				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Israeli politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,728

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 Members473

Current Members of Israel's house of representatives

Israel · Knesset

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,936

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata343,483

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,358

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: il-knesset-840 · evpo-925e87b0-48a9-49cf-9ded-cdd068992b7e

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