Aryeh Deri
Aryeh Deri (Hebrew אריה דרעי; born February 17, 1959 in Meknes, Morocco) is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minister and party leader of Shas. He was Minister of the Interior from 1988 to 1993. When Yitzhak Rabin short of 11 May took over the Interior Ministry until June 7, 1993 Deri remained as Minister without portfolio in the government and then returned to his old post back, he held until his retirement from the 25th Government on 14 held September 1993.
First political career
Deris family emigrated in 1968 to Israel, where ultra-Orthodox yeshiva he attended one in Hadera and later in Jerusalem, which he, however, left to attention in the 1980s politics. In 1983 he was one of the founders of the Shas party, which was transformed by the support of the former sepharischen Chief Rabbi Ovadja Josef from a choice list in Jerusalem at a nationally active, ultra- Orthodox Sephardic party and at the 1984 elections to the 11th Knesset seats four could win. In founded by Shimon Peres 21 Israeli government, from September 13, 1984 had 1986 stock until October 20, Deri, who was at the time not yet a member of the Knesset got a senior position in the Interior Ministry, which he also the subsequent 22 government under Yitzhak Shamir maintained. In the 12th Knesset Shas was able to win six seats and Shamir, who each with the formation of the Government 22 ( of 23 December 1988 to 11 June 1990) and 23th ( 11 June 1990 until 13 July 1992 ) was Representative on, Deri retained as Interior Minister. From the 13th Knesset Deri himself was Member of Parliament, and remained in the subsequent governments Rabin until September 1993 Minister of the Interior.
His political positions belonged to the advocacy of peace with the Palestinians and the advocacy of a partial autonomy, the Deri postulated as a sine qua non of its participation in government, but in the field of social legislation he held positions that secular Israelis fear the transformation of the country into a theocracy left. So goes the resignation of the then Shulamit Aloni Erziehungsminsterin that was, come in for criticism of the Orthodox parties because of the attempt to secularize the Israeli school curricula, back to Deris efforts.
The second political career
After having served several years in prison ( Deri was sentenced to four years in prison for corruption, fraud and abuse of office, of which he total of 22 months in Maasiyahu jail) returned and the subsequent seven -year ban for holding public office back Deri, 2009 in the policy and sitting again since February 5, 2013 for the Shas in the Knesset.
As newspapers reported, Yair Netanyahu (son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ) was romantically involved with a Norwegian woman, he commented with this: " Woe to us if that's true ."