Biography
Former Minister of Culture and Sport
- Age
- 48
- Lives in
- Moshav Nes Harim
- Education
- Horev Yeshiva in Jerusalem (yeshiva high school); Neve Shmuel Yeshiva in Efrat (yeshiva high school); "Nachshon" pre-military academy (first class); BA in humanities and social sciences from the Open University; MA in history and Jewish education from the Lander Institute (Ono Academic College)
- Service
- Served as a combat soldier and commander in the Duvdevan unit; in the reserves commanded the selection camps for 'Duvdevan'
- Public roles
- MK (incumbent); former Minister without Portfolio (October 2023–June 2024); former Minister of Culture and Sport (2020–2022); former Minister of Science and Technology (May–June 2021)
- Terms in earlier Knessets
- 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th Knessets
- Main political focus
- Education, welfare and culture, with an emphasis on at-risk youth and disadvantaged communities
- Milestones
- Served as Minister of Culture and Sport during the COVID-19 crisis; resigned from the government in June 2024 together with other Blue and White ministers in the wake of the Iron Swords War