Yitzhak Levy
| Yitzhak Levy | |
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| Date of birth | 6 June 1947 |
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Year of aliyah | 1957 |
| Knessets | 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1988–2005 | National Religious Party |
| 2005–2009 | Ahi |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1996 | Minister of Energy & Infrastructure |
| 1996–1998 | Minister of Transportation |
| 1998 | Minister of Religious Affairs |
| 1998–1999 | Minister of Education |
| 1999–2000 | Minister of Housing & Construction |
| 2002 | Minister without Portfolio |
| 2002–2003 | Minister of Tourism |
Rabbi Yitzhak Levy (Hebrew: יצחק לוי, born 6 July 1947) is an Israeli rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party (NRP) and the Ahi faction of the National Union between 1988 and 2009. Between 1998 and 2002 he was NRP leader, and also held several ministerial portfolios.
Levy was born in Casablanca in Morocco in 1947, the son of Daniel-Yitzhak Levy, who later served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party. The family immigrated to Israel in 1957. He studied at Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh and Yeshivat Hakotel, where he received rabbinical ordination. He served as an officer in the IDF, achieving the rank of major. He was a member of the Bnei Akiva Executive and World Secretariat, and Secretary-General of the National Religious Movement from 1986 to 1995. He was the Rabbi of the Bnei Akiva Talmudic College in Kfar Maimon and was among the initiators of the establishment of the Jewish quarter in Jerusalem, and one of the founders of the Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh in the West Bank.
He was elected to the Knesset in 1988 on the National Religious Party list. He was a member of the House Committee from 1988 to 1996 and the Labor and Social Welfare Committee from 1988 to 1992. He was also chairman the Ethics Committee and the children welfare lobby, as well as the Israel-Argentina Parliamentary Friendship League. Since 1988 he has been a member of the Committee on Constitution, Law and Justice.
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