Ofir Akunis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ofir Akunis
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	May 28, 1973(1973-05-28)
Age	51
Birthplace	Tel Aviv
Country	Israel
Birth City	Tel Aviv District
Horoscope	Taurus

Ofir Akunis Biography

Ofir Akunis is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on May 28, 1973 in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel. Akunis who was the author of the bill that would limit foreign funds to the Israeli human rights groups and supported McCarthy’s Senatorial actions in the 1950s. In a speech on December 5,”London and Kirshenbaum,” the “London and Kirshenbaum” television show on Channel 10 in Israel. Channel 10, Akunis referenced Mccarthy who, in the 1950s, presided over a panel that investigated Americans who were suspected of having Communist beliefs – who stated that Mccarthy “was absolutely correct in every sentence and the truth is that there existed Soviet agents.

Before the elections of 2009, Akunis participated in the primary elections for the Likud and finished in the 28th position. He filed a petition with the election committee of Likud alongside other candidates. On December 12, 2008, the petition was approved and later, he was promoted to 26th position on the list. The 26th spot was reserved to the Tel Aviv district. After a post-factum review, it was found out that, if the petition had not been accepted and he was not eligible to be a member of the Knesset in the first place, since Likud got 27 mandates at the elections. Akunis was later moved up to 26th position and was elected to the Knesset in the same way that Likud gained 27 seats.

In the elections held for the Likud’s list of candidates for the 19th Knesset, Akunis was elected to the 18th place, placed in the 28th place in the joint Likud – Yisrael Beiteinu list and was once again elected to serve in the Knesset. In March 2013 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Akunis as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, acting as the liaison between the government and the Knesset with the portfolio of the Advancement of Young People and Students. As the liaison between the government and the Knesset, Akunis Respond, on Behalf of the government, against Motion of no confidence from opposition’s parties. He spoke much about “Prawer plan”, the negotiations with the Palestinians and The Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

On December 9, 2014, Akunis was appointed Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection. Akunis replaced Amir Peretz, who resigned from his post as Minister. The appointment, made by the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, comes a week after the massive crude oil spill in Israel’s Arava region. Akunis said that “it is the Deputy Minister’s intention to prioritize treatment of the ecological disaster in the south and to do all that is necessary to prevent the spread of the crude oil, and to prevent a health and environmental disaster.” Akunis ordered crews to raise the side walls of the dams that have been built in the Arava to prevent flooding. Thanks to the infrastructure that has already been built in the area, the risk that the oil will reach the Gulf of Eilat has significantly dropped. Akunis has instructed that the reserve remain closed as long as high values of pollutants are still registered in air quality tests. In the end of December, The government approved a NIS 17 million Environment Ministry plan to rehabilitate. According to Akunis, the NIS 17 million program will serve to treat the soils contaminated by the spill as well as help restore the wildlife populations damaged over the course of the event. As part of the plan, a special team will be appointed to evaluate the environmental impact of various Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company activities on both dry land and beaches. The approved plan also involves opening a closed Eilat beach on EAPC-owned property to the city’s residents and visitors. In January 2015, Air quality tests found that there has been a 90% reduction of pollution in Evrona.

In January 1996 , he was a member of in January 1996 the Likud party and started working in the department of information within Metzudat Ze’ev in Tel Aviv. Then, in June of 1996 after Binyamin Netanyahu became Prime Minister following his victory in the elections, Ofir Akunis served as Deputy Media Advisor to the Prime Minister. In the following months, he became the spokesperson of Likud. Likud party. In 2003, he was awarded the Menachem Begin Award for his dissertation “Morals and Realism in Israeli Politics”. Later, he worked as a spokesperson on behalf of the minister of Justice and, in 2004, He was named Media Advisor to Netanyahu within Netanyahu’s Ministry of Finance. He remained his advisor until 2008 prior to being appointed the Deputy Director of Communications and Information for the Likud.

Ofir Akunis Net Worth

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

Ofir Akunis (Hebrew: Avopiyr Aakvniys born on the 28th of May, 1973) is an Israeli politician from Israel. He is currently an official in the Knesset for Likud. He previously held the positions as Minister for Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services and Minister of Science, Technology and Space.

Akunis was born in Tel Aviv, to a father of Greek Jewish descent and an Jewish mother who came to Poland. He attended Herzliya Hebrew High School between 1987 until 1991. He was the an editor for”Ma’ariv laNoar,” a weekly “Ma’ariv LaNoar” magazine. In his time of national service, the journalist was an official reporter to the chief education officer for the Education and Youth Corps. Following his military service, was completed, he worked as the music editor for the radio show “Youth Club” on Reshet Gimmel and other shows. He earned his bachelor’s degree in international relations.

For his own request, Akunis was appointed by Binyamin Netanyahu to lead the ‘Computer for Every Child’ project. He said that “This is one of the most important social projects taking place in Israel,” and added “that reducing the technological gaps is a critical element in reducing social disparities.” Akunis promised that he will work to “promote, strengthen and upgrade” the project. During 2013, the project has been upgraded from “Computer for Every Child” to “Tablet for Every Child” and Tablets Distributed to Children of Sderot, Ofakim, Lod etc. In October 2014, Akunis announced that the government had allocated NIS 1.8 million to provide tablets for each and every child living in the south.

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