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Yariv Levin

minister of Justice of Israel since 2022

b. 1969age 57Living

As Israel's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, and formerly Speaker of the Knesset, Levin has been the chief architect of the 2023 Israeli judicial reform, the push to curb the Supreme Court's power to strike down legislation that triggered mass protests. He has refused to recognize Yitzhak Amit as Supreme Court President since Amit's 2025 appointment, a standoff that has been described as a constitutional crisis.

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