Aryeh Deri
Aryeh Makhlouf Deri, Hebrew: אריה מכלוף דרעי , (born February 17, 1959 in Meknès) is an Israeli politician. He is political leader of Shas. He helped start this party.
Deri was a Member of Knesset from 1992 to 1999. He returned in parliament in 2013.
In the Fourth Netanyahu Government he was minister of the Development of Galilee and the Negev, and also interior minister. In the Fifth Netanyahu Government he had the same position. He has had several government positions before this.
In 2000 he was sent to prison because of financial crimes.
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Deri together with some of the major Sephardic Haredi leaders; From left to right: Rabbi Zion Boaron, unidentified student, Aryeh Deri, Rabbi Ya'aqob Peretz.
Deri with Zionist Union Leader and Leader of the Opposition Isaac Herzog, 2016
