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Ya'akov Cohen

Politician

Ya'akov Cohen 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 Kohen · Ya'akov Cohen · Yaakov Cohen · Yakov Cohen · Yakov Kohen · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Ja'akov Kohen · Ya'akov Cohen · Yaakov Cohen · יעקב כהן				[sources]
Birth date	1953-07-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Bnei Brak · Bnei Brak, Israel · בני ברק, 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	Cohen				[sources]
Political association	United Torah Judaism				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2776981				[sources]
Position	Knesset (member, 2006-2008) · Knesset member (2006-2008)				[sources]
Religion	Judaism				[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

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politician from Israel

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

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Every Politician57,736

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Israel Knesset Members475

Current Members of Israel's house of representatives

Israel · Knesset

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,128

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata355,772

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,831

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: il-knesset-783 · evpo-0e677e09-cd13-46f9-89cc-85e973234dd9

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