Mickey Levy

For the Israeli–American actress, see Micky Levy.
Mickey Levy
Date of birth 21 June 1951
Place of birth Jerusalem, Israel
Knessets 19, 20
Faction represented in Knesset
2013– Yesh Atid

Mickey Levy (Hebrew: מיקי לוי, born 21 June 1951) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid. He was previously a police officer, and served as Deputy Minister of Finance between 2013 and 2014.

Biography

Levy was born in Jerusalem to parents who were Kurdish Jewish immigrants from Cizre.[1] He served as head of Jerusalem branch of the Israel Police between 2000 and 2003. After retiring he worked as the Israeli police attaché in Washington, D.C..[2]

Prior to the 2013 Knesset elections he joined the new Yesh Atid party, and was placed eleventh on its list.[3] He entered the Knesset after the party won 19 seats. Following Yesh Atid's coalition agreement with Likud, he was appointed to serve as Deputy Finance Minister.[4] He was placed eleventh on the party's list again for the 2015 elections,[5] and was re-elected as the party won 11 seats.

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