Avi Maoz
Avi Maoz | |
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2021– | Religious Zionist Party |
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| Born | 6 July 1956 Haifa, Israel |
Avigdor "Avi" Maoz (Hebrew: אֲבִיגְדוֹר "אָבִי" מָעוֹז, born 6 July 1956)[1] is an Israeli civil servant and politician. The leader of the far-right Noam party, he is currently a member of the Knesset for the Religious Zionist Party.
Biography[]
Maoz was appointed Director of the Ministry of Interior by Natan Sharansky in 1999 and subsequently became director of the Ministry of Housing under minister Effi Eitam.[2]
Opposed to LGBT rights and women serving in the Israel Defense Forces,[3] Maoz became leader of the Noam party after its establishment in 2019.[2] Prior to the 2021 Knesset elections he was placed sixth on the Religious Zionist Party list,[1] and was elected to the Knesset as the party won six seats.
Maoz lives in Jerusalem, is married and has ten children.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b בחירות 2021: חברי הכנסת ה-24 מטעם הציונות הדתית Mako, 25 March 2021
- ^ a b Reform rabbi, Kahanist agitator, firebrand writer: The new Knesset’s 16 rookies The Times of Israel, 26 March 2021
- ^ The new ‘normal’? Far-right, anti-LGBT candidate set to enter Knesset The Times of Israel, 24 March 2021
- ^ How to Understand the Right-Wing Religious Zionists Parties Jewish Press, 11 February 2021
External links[]
- Avi Maoz on the Knesset website
- 1956 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Israeli civil servants
- 21st-century Israeli civil servants
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli Orthodox Jews
- Jewish Israeli politicians
- Leaders of political parties in Israel
- Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–present)
- Noam (political party) politicians
- Politicians from Haifa
- Religious Zionist Party politicians