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Meir Cohen

Politician

Meir 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	Me'ir Kohen · Meir Cohen · Meir Kohen · Me’ir Kohen · Меир Коэн · 3 more...				[sources]
Alias	Me'ir Kohen · Me’ir Kohen · Коэн, Меир · מאיר כהן · مئير كوهين				[sources]
Birth date	1955-11-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Essaouira · Mogador, Morocco · מוגדור, מרוקו				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Israel				[sources]
Country	Israel				[sources]
Citizenship	Israel · Morocco				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Meir				[sources]
Last name	Cohen				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3663051				[sources]
Position	Knesset (member, 2013-2015) · Knesset (member, 2015-2016) · Knesset member · Labor Minister of Israel				[sources]
Education	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev				[sources]
Source link	main.knesset.gov.il · main.knesset.gov.il				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Israeli politician

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

Relationships

Data sources

Israel Knesset Members475

Current Members of Israel's house of representatives

Israel · Knesset

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,135

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,581

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,984

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,955

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-b92ab7d7-3f06-4213-a0dc-1b373515ecd8 · il-knesset-874

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