Aryeh Deri

Quick Facts

Full Name	Aryeh Deri
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1959(1959-02-17)
Age	65
Birthplace	Meknes
Country	Israel
Birth City	Meknes
Horoscope	Aquarius

Aryeh Deri Biography

Aryeh Deri is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 17, 1959 in Meknes, Meknes, Israel. Aryeh Deri (Hebrew: אַרְיֵה מַכְלוּף דֶּרְעִי , Arabic: أريه مخلوف درعي ‎), also Arie Deri, Arye Deri, or Arieh Deri (born 17 February 1959), is an Israeli politician. He is one of Shas’ founders, and acts on its behalf as Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee, and a member in the Security Cabinet of Israel. He previously served as Minister of the Economy. In 1999, Deri was convicted of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, and given a three-year jail sentence. At the end of 2012, ahead of the elections for the nineteenth Knesset, he returned to lead Shas party. He was placed in the 2nd position, and was re-elected to the Knesset. In May 2013, he was re-appointed to the role of Shas chairman.

Upon completing his military service at the age of 27, and after the elections for the 12th Knesset, he was appointed Interior Minister in the government of Yitzhak Shamir. Deri was sworn in on December 22, 1988. At 29, he was the youngest government minister in Israel’s history.

After the Labor Party, led by Yitzhak Rabin, won the elections in 1992, the Shas party joined the coalition, and Deri continued to serve as Interior Minister, and, for the first time, as a Knesset member. He remained Minister of the Interior until May 1993, when he became a Minister without Portfolio, before returning to the Interior Ministry in June. He left the cabinet in September 1993. He was re-elected to the Knesset in 1996.

Deri was convicted of taking $155,000 in bribes while serving as Interior Minister, and was given a three-year jail sentence in 2000. He was replaced by Eli Yishai. Due to good behavior, Deri was released from Maasiyahu Prison in 2002, after serving 22 months.

In 1984, he founded and began to serve as a secretary to Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah of Shas. During 1985, he served as an assistant to Interior Minister, Yitzhak Peretz, and at the end of the same year he was appointed to the role of the Secretary General of Shas. In June 1986, he enlisted to a shortened time of 3 months in the Israel Defense Forces.

Aryeh Deri Net Worth

Aryeh Deri is one of the richest Politician from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Aryeh Deri 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Aryeh Mahlouf Deri was born in Meknes, Morocco, to Esther (née Azougi) and Eliyahu Deri. His parents lived in one of the new wealthy districts of the city, and were influenced by the French culture. His father owned a successful business of tailoring, and his family were traditional Jews, but not Orthodox. When Aryeh turned 5, he began to learn in Ozar Hatorah, a school that combined secular and Orthodox Jewish religious education. In 1968, as he turned 9, his family made Aliyah and settled in Bat Yam. Deri attended a religious boarding school in Hadera. In 1973, he began to study at Porat Yosef, a leading Sephardic yeshiva in Jerusalem. In May 1976, he transferred to Hebron Yeshiva, where he received his rabbinical ordination. In 1981, he married Yaffa Cohen. The young couple were financially supported by a couple of Holocaust survivors from New York who Yaffa knew.

After completing his yeshiva studies, Deri was appointed secretary of the Haredi settlement of Ma’ale Amos, and joined the Gush Etzion Regional Council. In 1983, he was appointed administrative manager of Lev Banim Yeshiva.

When the Israeli Labor Party sought to break away from the government and create a narrow coalition. Deri and Haim Ramon, a Knesset member from the Labor Party, initiated negotiations to create a Labor-Haredi alignment. A motion of no confidence was submitted on March 15, 1990 but five Knesset members on behalf of Shas party were absent from the vote. This agreement was later nicknamed “The dirty trick”. Two rabbis, Menachem Mendel Schneerson and Elazar Shach, strongly opposed cooperating with the political left. As a result, the deal fell through, and the Labor Party chairman, Shimon Peres, failed to form a coalition. At the end, Yitzhak Shamir, Likud chairman, established a government of Likud-Right-Haredis, where Deri continued to serve as Interior Minister.

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Who is Aryeh Deri Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Aryeh Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Aryeh Deri celebrates birthday on February 17 of every year.

Top Facts about Aryeh Deri

1. Aryeh Deri is an Israeli politician born in 1959.
2. He served as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Economy.
3. Deri was convicted of bribery in 2000 and sentenced to prison.
4. He returned to politics in 2012 and became head of Shas party.
5. In 2020, he was reappointed as Minister of the Interior.
6. Deri advocates for social welfare programs for low-income families.
7. He opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions in Israel.
8. Deri supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
9. He has been criticized for his controversial statements about non-Jewish immigrants.
10. Deri’s net worth is estimated at $4 million USD (as of 2021).