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Israel Katz

Politician

Israel Katz 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	Israel Katz · Jisra'el Kac · Jisrael Kac · Jisra’el Kac · Yisrael Katz · 14 more...				[sources]
Alias	Israel Katz · Jisra'el Kac · Jisrael Katz · Jisra’el Kac · Ісраель Кац · 5 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1955-09-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Ashkelon · Ashkelon, Israel · אשקלון, ישראל				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Israel				[sources]
Country	Israel				[sources]
Citizenship	Israel				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Israel				[sources]
Last name	Katz				[sources]
Website	www.israelkatz.co.il				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q487304				[sources]
Position	Knesset (member, 2003-2006) · Knesset (member, 2006-2009) · Knesset (member, 2009-2013) · Knesset (member, 2013-2015) · Knesset (member, 2015-2016) · 24 more...				[sources]
Education	Hebrew University of Jerusalem · bachelor's degree				[sources]
Religion	Judaism				[sources]
Source link	main.knesset.gov.il · main.knesset.gov.il · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-19	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Minister of Defense of Israel (born 1955)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-08-27

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Foreign Affairs	2023-01-01	2024-11-07
Knesset member	2020-03-16

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Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,134

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,021

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

United States · CIA

Israel Knesset Members475

Current Members of Israel's house of representatives

Israel · Knesset

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,027

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata353,705

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,654

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-israel-yisrael-katz-minister-of-defense · us-cia-israel-yisrael-katz-minister-of-energy · il-knesset-69 · us-cia-israel-yisrael-katz-minister-of-foreign-affairs · evpo-0097d7e9-19c2-4a7f-a259-07e4701538ce

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