Biography
Minister of Justice
- Age
- 57
- Lives in
- Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
- Education
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Boyar School in Jerusalem (high school studies)
- Public roles
- Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister (since 2022); Minister of Labor, Minister of Religious Services, and Minister of Jerusalem and Heritage (since 2025, additionally); former Speaker of the Knesset (2020–2021, 2022); former Minister of Tourism (2015–2020); MK (since 2009)
- Terms in earlier Knessets
- 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th Knessets
- Main political focus
- Promoting a comprehensive judicial reform that limits the powers of the courts and changes the Judicial Selection Committee
- Milestones
- In January 2023 presented the judicial reform plan, including limits on judicial review and an override clause; has boycotted convening the Judicial Selection Committee since 2025
Key principles
Status of the Attorney General
The government decides
"לא עוד כפיפות של הממשלה לדרג לא נבחר. היועצים המשפטיים כשמם כן הם, יועצים ולא מחליטים."
Source: ynet · January 4, 2023 ↗Judicial review and the High Court's powers
Curtail the High Court's powers
"תחוקק פסקת התגברות מאוזנת ברוב של 61, ומצד שני, לא תהיה התגברות של אותה הכנסת במקרה שבית המשפט פסל חוק פה אחד"
Source: ynet · January 4, 2023 ↗