Lior Edri

Lior Edri
Date of birth (1979-02-13) 13 February 1979
Place of birth Netanya, Israel
Knessets 19
Faction represented in Knesset
2015 Shas

Rabbi Lior Edri (Hebrew: ליאור אדרי, born 13 February 1979) is an Israeli rabbi and politician. He briefly served as a member of the Knesset for Shas in 2015.

Biography

Edri studied in two yeshivas and a kolel in Netanya. He went on to become a manager at Badatz Beit Yosef, supervising meat kashrut.[1]

A member of Shas, he was placed thirteenth on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset elections.[2] Although Shas won only 11 seats, Edri entered the Knesset on 1 January 2015 following the resignation of Aryeh Deri.[3] He was not on the party's list for the March 2015 elections,[4] losing his seat.

References

  1. "Rabbi Lior Edri". Badatz Beit Yosef website (in Hebrew). Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  2. Shas Candidates for the 19th Knesset Israel Democracy Institute
  3. Sephardic Union of Torah Observers – Shas Knesset website
  4. Shas list Central Elections Committee

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