Haim Biton ( he, חַיִּים בִּיטוֹן, born 17 January 1978)
Mako, 25 March 2021 is an Israeli politician. He is currently a member of the

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for

Shas Shas ( he, ש״ס) is a Haredi religious political party in Israel. Founded in 1984 under the leadership of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Israeli Sephardi chief rabbi, who remained its spiritual leader until his death in October 2013, it primarily ...

. Biton also serves as a minister in the

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Biography

Biton was appointed CEO of Shas in 2014. In 2016 he took over the party's Ma'ayan Hinukh Torani school system, increasing its enrollment by 10,000 in two years. Following a complaint by

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, in 2020 the

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ruled that he could not be both CEO of the party and the school network. Biton was placed ninth on the

list for the

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. The party won only seven seats, and when he had the opportunity to take his seat as a replacement, he declined, allowing

Yigal Guetta Nissan Yigal Guetta ( he, ניסן יגאל גואטה, born 18 March 1966) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 2016 and 2017. Early life Guetta was born and raised in Kiryat Shmona, where his brother ...

to take his place. He subsequently turned down the opportunity to run on the party's list for the

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.Shas’ Director-General, Chaim Biton, Refuses Placement On A Knesset List
The yeshiva World, 20 February 2019 However, prior to the 2021 elections he was placed fifth on the

list, and was elected to the Knesset as the party won nine seats. Biton lives in

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, an Israeli settlement located north of Jerusalem.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Biton, Haim 1978 births Living people Israeli Orthodox Jews Israeli settlers Jewish Israeli politicians Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022) Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–) Politicians from Jerusalem Shas politicians Government ministers of Israel