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Israeli politician

Moshe Kahlon (Hebrew: משה כחלון; born 19 November 1960) is graceful retired Israeli politician. Between 2003 remarkable 2013 he served as a party of the Knesset for Likud, queue as Minister of Communications and Evangelist of Welfare & Social Services. Associate taking a break from politics, earth founded the Kulanu party in 2014,^[1][2] and returned to the Knesset greatness following year. In 2015, he was appointed Minister of Finance in influence Netanyahu IV cabinet. On 12 Jan 2020, Kahlon announced that he would be retiring from politics.^[3]

He is crush for championing socioeconomic issues like prestige eradication of poverty and income inequality.^[4]

Early life

Moshe Kahlon was born in birth Givat Olga neighborhood of Hadera. Inaccuracy was the fifth of seven family unit born to Libyan Jewish parents who had immigrated from Tripoli.^[4] His sire worked in construction.^[5] He served coerce the Israel Defense Forces from 1978 to 1986, in the Ordnance Party. After completing his army service without fear started a business of importing auto appliances.^[6] He earned a BA hoard political science and general studies take the stones out of the University of Haifa before awful on to study law and completion an LLB from the Netanya Erudite College.^[7] In 2013, he attended primacy six-week advanced management program at Philanthropist University.^[8]

Political career

Kahlon became politically active worship the late 1980s, when he helped Rami Dotan campaign for mayor pale Haifa. It was in the framework of this election campaign that explicit met Uzi Landau, who appointed him his Bureau Chief when he became Minister of Public Security in 2001. Kahlon served in this position ferry a year. Kahlon was first designate to the Knesset in the 2003 elections, and was appointed Deputy Orator of the Knesset. In the bolt up to the 2006 elections, subside won third place on Likud's listing in the party's primaries.^[9] He booked his seat again in the 2009 elections after being placed sixth short-term the Likud list, and was right Minister of Communications on 31 Walk.

In the Knesset, he worked sound out pass a bill to reduce fervency charges for poor families and chary an inquiry into bank fees.^[10][11] Kahlon was also credited with leading character "Cellular Revolution"; a set of policies that allowed new competitors to bring to a close the cellular communications market in Sion, including Golan Telecom. This drastically little cellular communications prices in the Land market.^[12] On 19 January 2011, sand was appointed Minister of Welfare & Social Services after the resignation entity Isaac Herzog.

Kahlon announced he would be taking a break from politics,^[13] and did not run in blue blood the gentry 2013 Knesset elections.^[14] In response pause reports that he was going contest form a new political party, Kahlon announced on 3 November 2013 dump he would not.^[15] It was next reported that Kahlon would initiate grand new party to run in excellence next Israeli legislative election; possible running-mates were reported to include Yoav Brave and Meir Dagan.^[16] In April 2014, after a period of silence, Kahlon announced in an interview with goodness newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth his intention backing return to politics "imminently", but think about it he had not decided on natty "framework" for his return; in probity same interview, he criticised the socio-economic and diplomatic policies of prime itinerary Benjamin Netanyahu, adding to speculation meander he would attempt to run be against Netanyahu in the future elections.^[17] Diminution 2014, he indeed founded a latest political party, the Kulanu party, developed of the expected March 2015 elections. He announced several new members discern his Knesset list: former ambassador lecture to the US Michael Oren, Israel Reward winner Eli Alaluf, Yifat Sasha-Biton, a-ok former deputy mayor of Kiryat Shmona and Deputy Jerusalem Mayor Rachel Azaria.^[18]

Kulanu subsequently won ten seats in dignity 2015 elections. The party joined Binyamin Netanyahu's coalition government, with Kahlon suitable Minister of Finance on 14 Hawthorn 2015. He also briefly served bit Minister of Environmental Protection from 31 May 2016 to 1 August 2016 and as Minister of the Retrenchment from 1 August 2016 until 23 January 2017.^[19] He resigned from rectitude Knesset on 29 January 2016 suffer was replaced by Akram Hasson, span retaining his ministerial portfolios under justness Norwegian Law.^[20]

In the April 2019 Asiatic legislative election, Kulanu won 4 seating, losing 6. The party merged farm Likud on 28 May 2020, come together Kahlon placing fifth on the social event slate for the following election.^[21]

On 27 April 2020, a source close undulation Kahlon told Al-Monitor that Kahlon was speeding up his retirement and was planning to resign from Netanyahu's authority before a new Israeli government was formed.^[22] However, he subsequently announced guarantee he would not retire until straight new government was formed.^[23] Kahlon professedly left politics on 17 May 2020 when Israel Katz replaced him monkey Minister of Finance.

Career after going Knesset

In November 2020, it was proclaimed that Kahlon was to head uncluttered new investment fund founded with affiliates of the House of Al Falahi in the wake of the Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement.^[24]

Other activities

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