Yaakov Ben-Yezri
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Yaakov Ben-Yezri (Hebrew: יעקב בן-יזרי, born 1927) is an Israeli Knesset member, number two on Gil's list.
Ben Yezri was born in Morocco. He is the chairman of the Central Pensioners' Fund. He is former national chairman of the Health Funds' Workers Organization and chairman of the Health Funds' Pensioners Organization, and has served on the Pardes Hanna-Karkur regional council.
Ben Yezri is known as one of the foremost experts on pension funds and healthcare in Israel. He was voted into the 17th Knesset in the 2006 elections. As of May 4, 2006, he is the Minister of Health. Ben-Yezri, a confessed smoker, later caused controversy when he lit up whilst being interviewed on television. [1]
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