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Yariv Levin

Yariv Levin

Yariv Levin, born in 1969 in Jerusalem, is an Israeli politician of the Likud party and a member of the Knesset since 2009.

Born
1969 (57 years), Jerusalem
Party
Likud
Office
Justice Minister of Israel 2022–
Deputy Prime Minister of Israel 2022–
Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Website
yarivlevin.org.il
Political position

Right · Where sources place the party (Likud)
Wikipedia: Likud right-wing; he holds hawkish positions
Ideology: conservatism, right-wing politics, Zionism

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He has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice since 2022, and was Knesset Speaker in 2020 to 2021. He is named among the possible contenders for Prime Minister of Israel in the 2026 election.

Career

Levin has sat in the Knesset for Likud since 2009. He was Minister of Internal Security for 11 days in 2015, Minister of Tourism from 2015 to 2020, and Knesset Speaker from May 2020 to June 2021. Since December 2022 he has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, and from July to October 2025 he also held the Interior and Religious Services portfolio.

Offices held
  1. Justice Minister of Israel 2022–
  2. Deputy Prime Minister of Israel 2022–
  3. Knesset member 2009–
  4. Speaker of the Knesset 2020–2021, 2022–2022
  5. Minister of Tourism 2015–2020
  6. Minister of Immigration and Absorption 2018–2019
  7. Minister of National Security of Israel 2015–2015

Source: Wikidata

Positions

As Justice Minister Levin led the 2023 judicial overhaul to curb the Supreme Court's powers, arguing that people nobody elected decide for the public. Wikipedia reports that in 2025 he boycotted the swearing-in of Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit and refused to recognise him. He opposes Palestinian statehood and supports settlement expansion in the West Bank.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

Photo: Avi Ohayon, 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%
Yair GolanCentre-left64<1%
Yair LapidCentre62<1%
Yossi Cohen65<1%
Yoaz HendelCentre-right51<1%
Ayelet ShakedRight50<1%
Yariv LevinRight57<1%

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