Lior Edri

Lior Edri
Date of birth 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 on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset elections. Although he failed to win a seat, he entered the Knesset on 1 January 2015 following the resignation of Aryeh Deri.[2] He was not on the party's list for the March 2015 elections,[3] losing his seat.

References

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

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