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Yair Peretz

Person of interest · PEP · Politician

Yair Peretz 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'ir Perec · Yair Peretz · יאיר פרץ · ياير پيريتز				[sources]
Birth date	1954-03-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Morocco · מרוקו				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Israel				[sources]
Citizenship	Israel				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Political association	Shas				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2909722				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Knesset member (1999-2003) · Knesset member (2003-2006)				[sources]
Source link	main.knesset.gov.il · main.knesset.gov.il				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-12	Last processed	2026-04-21	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Israeli politician

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

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Israel Knesset Members469

Current Members of Israel's house of representatives

Israel · Knesset

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,420

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,800

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: il-knesset-228 · evpo-f2d7884f-c9a0-4007-9d28-4b5d56a0968f

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