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Itamar Ben Gvir

Itamar Ben Gvir

Itamar Ben-Gvir (born 1976) is an Israeli politician and leader of the far-right Kahanist party Otzma Yehudit.

Born
1976 (50 years), Mevaseret Zion
Party
Otzma Yehudit
Office
Minister of National Security of Israel 2022–
Knesset member 2021–
Education
Ono Academic College
Political position

Far right · Where sources place the party (Otzma Yehudit)
Wikipedia: far-right, Kahanist party (Otzma Yehudit)
Ideology: Kahanism, religious Zionism

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Elected to the Knesset in 2021, he has been Minister of National Security since 2022, apart from a gap in early 2025. He is named among the possible next Prime Ministers of Israel after the 2026 election.

Career

Ben-Gvir entered the Knesset in 2021 on the Religious Zionist Party alliance's list. In 2022 Otzma Yehudit won 6 seats and he became Minister of National Security. He resigned in January 2025 over the Gaza ceasefire and returned in March 2025.

Offices held
  1. Minister of National Security of Israel 2022–
  2. Knesset member 2021–

Source: Wikidata

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

Photo: אלון נוריאל, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Prime Minister of Israel after the election?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Gadi EizenkotCentre6647%
Benjamin NetanyahuRight7636%
Naftali BennettRight549%
Avigdor LiebermanRight682%
Ofer Winter551%
Itamar Ben GvirFar right501%
Yossi Cohen65<1%
Yair LapidCentre62<1%
Yair GolanCentre-left64<1%
Yoaz HendelCentre-right51<1%
Ayelet ShakedRight50<1%
Amir OhanaRight50<1%

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