Biography
Uri Maklev was not included in United Torah Judaism's final list for the 26th Knesset: the Degel HaTorah leadership removed him on September 5, 2026.
- Age
- 69
- Lives in
- Ramot neighborhood in Jerusalem
- Education
- Tashbar Talmud Torah; Kol Torah Yeshiva for young students; Ponevezh Yeshiva; Ordained as a rabbi
- Public roles
- MK (17th–25th Knessets); chair of the Science and Technology Committee; Deputy Speaker of the Knesset; deputy mayor of Jerusalem; Deputy Minister of Transport; deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Office responsible for the Authority for the Economic and Social Development of the Haredi Sector
- Terms in earlier Knessets
- 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th Knessets
- Main political focus
- Economic and social development of the Haredi sector
- Milestones
- In 2020 initiated the establishment of the Authority for the Economic and Social Development of Haredi Society to reduce economic gaps; removed from the Degel HaTorah list ahead of the 2026 election