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Nir Barkat

Politician

Nir Barkat 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	Nir Barkat · Νιρ Μπαρκάτ · Нир Баркат · Нір Баркат · Նիր Բարկատ · 7 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	尼尔·巴尔卡特				[sources]
Birth date	1959-10-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Jerusalem · Jerusalem, Israel · ירושלים, ישראל				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Israel				[sources]
Citizenship	Israel				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Nir				[sources]
Last name	Barkat				[sources]
Website	www.barkat.org.il				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q468394				[sources]
Position	Knesset member · Mayor of Jerusalem · Minister of Economy & Industry				[sources]
Education	Hebrew University of Jerusalem				[sources]
Source link	main.knesset.gov.il · main.knesset.gov.il · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Minister of Economy of Israel since 2024

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-06-29

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Beverly Barkat Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Knesset Member	2019-04-30	2019-10-03
Knesset member

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,009

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,581

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Israel Knesset Members475

Current Members of Israel's house of representatives

Israel · Knesset

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,135

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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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: il-knesset-974 · us-cia-israel-nir-barkat-minister-of-economy-industry

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