Search OpenSanctions

Israel Katz

PEP · 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 · 16 more...				[sources]
Alias	Israel Katz · Jisra'el Kac · Jisrael Katz · Jisra’el Kac · Ісраель Кац · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1955-09-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Ashkelon · Ashkelon, Israel · אשקלון, ישראל				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Israel				[sources]
Citizenship	Israel				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Israel				[sources]
Last name	Katz				[sources]
Political association	Likud				[sources]
Website	www.israelkatz.co.il				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q487304				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Knesset (member, 2006-2009) · Knesset (member, 2009-2013) · Knesset (member, 2013-2015) · Knesset (member, 2015-2016) · Knesset member (1998-1999) · 23 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	2026-04-12	Last processed	2026-04-13	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Minister of Defense of Israel (born 1955)

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

Relationships

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,962

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

United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,305

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Israel Knesset Members469

Current Members of Israel's house of representatives

Israel · Knesset

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,377

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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

External databases

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

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,099

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,748

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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

For experts: raw data explorer

Using the API

This page is sourced from our API service. Sign up for an API key and authenticate your request.

We recommend using the /match API function when implementing a screening system.

Equivalent request

GET https://api.opensanctions.org/entities/Q487304?nested=true

Read about the nested format.

Factsheet Descriptions Relationships Data sources

OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Businesses must acquire a data license to use the dataset.

Use the API License in bulk