Rafi Peretz

Rafael "Rafi" Peretz (Hebrew: רַפַאֶל "רָפִי" פֶּרֶץ; born 7 January 1956) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician. He was born in Jerusalem.

Peretz was a brigadier general who was the Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces. He is currently leader of the Jewish Home party and a member of the Knesset for the The Jewish Home–Tkuma alliance.

In 2019, he became Minister of Education in the Fourth Netanyahu Government. Since 17 May 2020 he has been minister of Jerusalem affairs in the Fifth Netanyahu Government.

Since 2019 Peretz has been leader of The Jewish Home.

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Current political leaders in the Knesset

Mansour Abbas (The Joint List - Ra'am)  • Naftali Bennett (Yamina - New Right)  • Yael Cohen-Paran (Green Party)  • Aryeh Deri (Shas)  • Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism - Degel HaTorah)  •   Benny Gantz (Blue and White - Israel Resilience)  •   Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz)  • Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid-Telem - Yesh Atid)  • Orly Levy (Gesher)  • Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu)  • Ya'akov Litzman (United Torah Judaism - Agudat Yisrael)  • Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud)  • Ayman Odeh (The Joint List - Hadash)  • Amir Peretz (HaAvoda)  • Rafi Peretz (HaBayit HaYehudi)  • Mtanes Shehadeh (The Joint List - Balad)  • Bezalel Smotrich (Yamina - Tkuma)  • Ahmad Tibi (The Joint List - Ta'al)  • Moshe Ya'alon (Yesh Atid-Telem - Telem)