Miri Regev
Miri Regev | |
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Minister of Culture and Sport | |
2020–2021 | Minister of Transportation |
2022– | Minister of Transportation and Road Safety |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2009–present | Likud |
Personal details | |
Born | Miriam Siboni 26 May 1965 Second Lebanon War |
Awards | Outstanding Presidential of Israel Award for Soldiers |
Miriam "Miri" Regev (
Biography
Miriam Siboni (later Miri Regev) was born in
Public relations career
She began serving as the
Political career
In November 2008, Regev joined the Likud party, saying that she had been a supporter of the party's platform for many years.[8] She won twenty-seventh place on the party's list for the 2009 elections, just high enough to enter the Knesset as Likud won 27 seats. At the 2015 elections Regev was re-elected, after being placed fifth on Likud's national list.[9] She was subsequently appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Minister of Culture and Sport in the new government.
Revital Madar, a Tunisian-Israeli writer for Haaretz,[10] stated that Regev had faced discrimination due to her Moroccan origins, and her forthright behaviour is perceived as being stereotypically Mizrahi.[11]
Minister of Culture
In September 2015, four months in office, Regev announced a list of criteria that will cause the withdrawal of state funding the following year. The list included the deformation of state symbols and a call for boycotting Israel.[12]
In July 2016, Regev announced that she would not participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies, because they take place on Shabbat.[13]
In her position as Minister of Culture, Regev frequently equates artistic
At the closing ceremony of the 2017 Maccabiah Games on 18 July 2017, Regev passed the Maccabiah torch to a number of Maccabiah athletes.[18][19]
In October 2018, she attended the Grand Slam Judo tournament in
Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructure and Road Safety
In May 2020, Regev was offered the portfolio of
On 29 December 2022, Regev was appointed the position for a second time by Benjamin Netanyahu during the formation of the thirty-seventh government of Israel.[25]
Likud leadership bid
On August 14, 2021, Regev announced that she would run against Netanyahu as leader of Likud. Stressing her Sephardi background, she stated "The time has come to have a Sephardi prime minister, I think the Likud rank and file must vote this time for someone who represents their class, their ethnicity and their agenda." She also stated that she would not run against Netanyahu. She also made it clear that if she does not become leader of Likud, she may form a new party.[26]
Views and opinions
In May 2012, at a demonstration against
Regev met with LGBT members of her party,[36] saying that "not only the left can support and embrace the gay community".[37] In November 2018, Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev expressed support for a law that would allow surrogacy for same-sex male couples in Israel. In an interview, Regev stated that the coalition's decision to vote against the law was wrong and emphasized the right of LGBT individuals to be parents and raise children.[38]
Notes
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References
- ^ Wootliff, Raoul. "Miri Regev appointed acting PM while Netanyahu abroad". Times of Israel.
- ^ "Miri Regev's Culture War". The New York Times. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Knesset Members: Miri Regev". knesset.gov.il.
- ^ "Miri Regev, MK". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- ^ a b "Appointment of new IDF Spokesperson". dover.idf.il. 7 August 2007. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
- ^ "Minister Regev: "I also shout at my husband that he is a leftist"". mako. 21 November 2016.
- ^ "IDF Spokeswoman Miri Regev to leave army". Jerusalem Post. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ Somfalvi, Attila (2 November 2008). "Benny Begin to run for Knesset". Ynetnews. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Likud list". Central Election Committee.
- ^ Georgi, Anat (14 May 2013). "The Israeli Melting Pot and Its Discontents". Haaretz.
- ^ "למה מירי רגב דוחה את ראש הממשלה ומשה כחלון לא?". הארץ.
- ^ "The new criteria for budgeting cultural institutions". mako (in Hebrew). 2 September 2015.
- ^ "2016 Olympics: Israel's largest-ever delegation is ready for Rio". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Miri Regev threatens to pull gov't funds from Israel Festival over nudity". Ynetnews. 6 January 2017.
- ^ Baruch, Hezki (28 March 2017). "New Israeli show a slap in the face to bereaved families". Arutz Sheva.
- ^ Erlanger, Steven (29 January 2016). "Israel, Mired in Ideological Battles, Fights on Cultural Fronts". The New York Times.
- ^ "Gallery refuses eviction after hosting Israeli veterans' group". The Art Newspaper. 15 March 2017.
- ^ "20th Maccabiah Games open with spectacular Jerusalem ceremony". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Athletes make last medal pushes". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Israel Culture Minister arrives in UAE". The Middle East Monitor. 26 October 2018.
- ^ "When Regev cried in Abu Dhabi and Netanyahu in Muscat". The Middle East Monitor. 30 October 2018.
- ^ staff, T. O. I. "Netanyahu said to offer Miri Regev Foreign Ministry when Gantz takes premiership". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "After year of deadlock and days of delays, Knesset swears in new Israeli government". Haaretz.
- ^ זגריזק, אסף (14 June 2021). "שרת התחבורה מיכאלי: "נשחרר את התקיעות של המדינה"". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Netanyahu hands out additional ministries to Likud MKs; Miri Regev back at transportation". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ Hoffman, Gil (15 August 2021). "Miri Regev announces run for prime minister: Stop voting for 'white people'". Jerusalem Post.
- The Huffington Post. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ Schechter, Asher (21 December 2012). "How Likud MK Miri Regev Talked Her Way to the Top". Haaretz. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ Schechter, Asher (27 June 2015). "How the Right-wing Already Won Israel's Culture War". Haaretz. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ Nesher, Talila (24 May 2012). "Demonstrators attack African migrants in south Tel Aviv Israel News". Haaretz. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ Hoffman, Gil (27 May 2012). "Miri Regev apologizes for calling migrants 'cancer'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ Schechter, Asher (21 December 2012). "How Likud MK Miri Regev Talked Her Way to the Top". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ Ben-David, Ricky; Yadin, Nira (18 February 2015). "The Sarah Palin of Israel". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Miri Regev: I'm happy to be a fascist" (video) (in Hebrew). 4 July 2016.
- ^ Wootliff, Raoul (3 August 2016). "Netanyahu shrugs off charges of 'fascism' as leftist rhetoric". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ Regev is a source of pride? ynet.co.il, Evan Cohen, Dror Mizrachi Posted: 12/24/12
- ^ Mualem, Mazal (20 June 2013). "Likud's Miri Regev Challenges Netanyahu's Grip on the Party". Al-Monitor.
- ^ "רגב: זכותם של הלהט"בים להיות אבות". Arutz Sheva. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
External links
- Miri Regev on the Knesset website