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Ya'akov Ben-Yezri

PEP · Politician

Ya'akov Ben-Yezri 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 Ben Jezri · Jakob Ben-Jesri · Ya'akov Ben-Yezri · Yaakov Ben Yezri · Yacov Ben Yizri · 3 more...				[sources]
Alias	Ja'akov Ben Jezri · Ja'akov Ben Jizri · Ja'akov Ben-Jezri · Jaakov Ben Jezri · Jaakov Ben Jizri · 7 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1927-10-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Fez				[sources]
Death date	2018-02-17				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Israel				[sources]
Citizenship	Israel				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Jakob				[sources]
Political association	Dor				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2916519				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Knesset (member, 2006-2009) · Knesset member (2006-2009) · Minister of Health (2006-2009)				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-13	Last processed	2026-04-13	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

Israeli politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

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MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata330,359

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,029

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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