Amir Ohana
Amir Ohana | |
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Minister of Public Security | |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2015–2020 | Likud |
2021– | Likud |
Other roles | |
2022– | Speaker of the Knesset |
Personal details | |
Born | Beersheba, Israel | 15 March 1976
Amir Ohana (
Early life
Ohana was born in Beersheba, the third son of Meir and Esther Ohana, Maghrebi Jewish immigrants from Morocco. In his youth his family moved to Lehavim and then to Rishon LeZion. He served in the Israel Defense Forces as a road accident investigator in the Military Police. He served as part of a force securing traffic arteries in the Gaza Strip and as a road accident investigator in southern Israel, completed an officer's course and was a commander of the Karni crossing. He also commanded a military police base. Ohana served a total of six years of regular service in the IDF, and is still a reservist. After leaving regular military service he served in Shin Bet for another six years.[5][6]
Ohana studied law at the
Political career
The chairman of the Likud gay caucus
After being re-elected in the
In July 2020 he resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law and was replaced by Amit Halevi.
For the 2021 elections, Ohana was placed eighteenth on Likud's list,[14] and returned to the Knesset as Likud won 30 seats.[15] He left the cabinet after a new government was formed, with Likud going into opposition.
On 22 November 2022 it was reported that Prime Minister-designate
Views and opinions
Ohana is a supporter of loosening the policy on carrying firearms in Israel in order to allow more armed people on streets for prevention and fast reaction to terror attacks.[18] After entering the Knesset, Ohana inaugurated the caucus to lobby and promote this cause.[19]
When opposition members of Knesset in February 2016 proposed several bills intended to improve the gay community's status such as recognizing bereaved widowers, banning conversion therapy, recognizing same-sex marriage contracts and to train health professionals to deal with gender and sexual orientation issues, Ohana left the session without voting; he said he could not vote against these bills, but he did not want to violate the party line.[20]
Ohana has given media interviews in which he described Muslims as likely to have "cultural murderousness".[13]
He is a board member of Tadmor – Eretz Yisrael loyalists group within Likud.[8]
Personal life
Ohana and his husband Alon Hadad have a son and a daughter, both born through a
References
- ^ a b "עכשיו זה רשמי: אמיר אוחנה נבחר כיו"ר הכנסת". סרוגים (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Likud's First Openly Gay Lawmaker to Be Sworn in Following Silvan Shalom's Resignation". Haaretz. 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Netanyahu names Amir Ohana as new justice minister". Yedioth Ahronoth. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ Keller-Lynn, Carrie (29 December 2022). "Likud's Amir Ohana becomes Israel's first openly gay Knesset speaker". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Knesset Member, Amir Ohana". www.knesset.gov.il.
- ^ Hoare, Liam (19 January 2016). "Israel's First Openly Gay Likud Lawmaker on Being in a Coalition With Anti-Gay Parties". Slate.
- ^ Amir Ohana Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Kol Oleh
- ^ a b "Amir Ohana Public Activities". www.knesset.gov.il.
- ^ Shuttleworth, Kate (20 December 2015). "Silvan Shalom's replacement to be Likud's first openly gay Knesset member". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Amir Ohana: Knesset Activities". Knesset. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Netanyahu appoints Amir Ohana justice minister, first openly gay cabinet member". The Times of Israel. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "After Year of Deadlock and Days of Delays, Knesset Swears in New Israeli Government". Haaretz. 17 May 2020.
- ^ a b Robertson, Dylan (3 March 2023). "Three senators face criticism over trip to Israel, meeting with right-wing politician". CTV News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Israel Election 2021: All the Official Party Slates". Haaretz. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Wootliff, Raoul; Magid, Jacob (26 March 2021). "Reform rabbi, Kahanist agitator, firebrand writer: The new Knesset's 16 rookies". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- Israel National News. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Likud MK urges colleagues to defend new Knesset speaker from homophobic attacks". The Times of Israel. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Gun control". The Jerusalem Post. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Freshman Likud MK inaugurates Knesset caucus on gun rights". The Times of Israel. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ Lis, Jonathan (25 February 2016). "Knesset Scraps Bills for LGBT Community After Marking Gay Rights Day". Haaretz.
- ^ Press, Viva Sarah (6 January 2016). "Likud Pride steps into the spotlight". ISRAEL21c. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Omri Ariel. "Knesset to welcome in Amir Ohana, first right-wing openly gay MK". Jerusalem Online. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Likud Pride steps into the spotlight". Israel21c. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ Amir Ohana on the Knesset website
External links
- Amir Ohana on Facebook
- Amir Ohana on the Knesset website