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Benny Begin

Politician

Benny Begin 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	Benny Begin · Binyamin Zeev Begin · Ze'ev Binyamin Begin · Ze`ev Binyamin Begin · Zeev Benyamin Begin · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Bennie Begin · Benny Begin · Binyamin Begin · Binyamin Zeev (Benny) Begin · Ze'ev Benjamin Begin · 13 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1943-03-01				[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 (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Benny				[sources]
Last name	Begin				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2663586				[sources]
Position	Knesset (member, 2009-2013) · Knesset (member, 2015-2016) · Knesset member (1988-1992) · Knesset member (1992-1996) · Knesset member (1996-1999) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Colorado State University · Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences · Hebrew University of Jerusalem				[sources]
Source link	main.knesset.gov.il · main.knesset.gov.il				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Israeli politician

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

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories371,585

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Israel Knesset Members475

Current Members of Israel's house of representatives

Israel · Knesset

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,793

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,934

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,680

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-30608fa3-9888-488e-89dc-4979bf53594f · il-knesset-14

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Avinadav Begin Close Associate	child	-	-
לרות לבית שוער Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Knesset Member	2009-02-24	2013-02-05
Knesset Member