Shlomo Benizri

Shlomo Benizri (Hebrew: שלמה בניזרי; born 7 February 1961) is an Israeli politician and member of the Shas party. He represented Shas in the Knesset between 1992 and 2008, serving as Deputy Health Minister, Minister of Health, and Labor and Social Welfare Minister during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was later convicted for accepting bribes, breach of trust, conspiring to commit a crime, and obstruction of justice, and served a prison sentence.

Shlomo Benizri
Shlomo Benizri in 1997
Ministerial roles
1999–2000Minister of Health
2001–2002Minister of Labor & Social Welfare
2002–2003Minister of Labor & Social Welfare
Faction represented in the Knesset
1992–2008Shas
Personal details
Born (1961-02-07) 7 February 1961
Nesher, Israel
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