Shaul Yahalom (; born 27 September 1947) is a former

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i politician who served as a member of the

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between 1992 and 2006 for the

National Religious Party The National Religious Party (, ''Miflaga Datit Leumit''), commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew abbreviation Mafdal (), was an Israeli political party representing the interests of the Israeli settlers and religious Zionist movement. Formed ...

Biography

He was born in

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during the Mandate era. After the discharge from the IDF Yahalom studied education and economics at

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, , ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic university institution. It has 20,000 ...

, gaining a BA,Shaul Yahalom
Jewish Virtual Library before working as a journalist. He was also on the first board of the Israeli Volunteer Association.שירות לאומי ואגודה אחת
/ref> He eventually became a member of the board of directors at the religious Zionist

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newspaper. In 1987 he became the National Religious Party's political secretary, a role he held until 1995. He was first elected to the Knesset in the 1992 elections. In 1998, he was appointed

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. He lost his seat in the

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when the party was reduced to three seats. Today, he is a member of the board of the

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. He is married and has four children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yahalom, Shaul 1947 births Living people Bar-Ilan University alumni Deputy ministers of Israel Israeli journalists Jewish Israeli politicians Ministers of transport of Israel National Religious Party politicians Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996) Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999) Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003) Members of the 16th Knesset (2003–2006) Politicians from Tel Aviv Restaurant critics Ariel University alumni