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Amir Ohana

Amir Ohana is an Israeli lawmaker and member of the Likud Party who currently serves as the country's Knesset speaker. 

In the past, Ohana held other top roles, specifically as justice minister and public security minister.

Ohana is the first openly gay Israel lawmaker to have a ministerial role or become Knesset speaker and lives with his husband and two children in Tel Aviv.

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Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana in his meeting with the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, February 5, 2024.

Knesset Speaker and US National Security Advisor meet on need to defeat Hamas

 Knesset speaker Amir Ohana holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem. September 6, 2023.

Israel's Knesset speaker to visit US House with Gaza hostages' families

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset on January 24, 2024

'What is there to celebrate?': Israel's Knesset marks 75 years in somber ceremony

Knesset honors emergency services with Hanukkah candle-lighting event

 Knesset shines a yellow beam to represent the hostages being kept by Hamas in Gaza, November 7, 2023

Knesset projects yellow light, exhibits photos in honor of hostages

 Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenum session in the Israeli parliament on October 16, 2023.

Knesset winter session opens in shadow of war to sound of sirens

 Knesset speaker Amir Ohana holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem. September 6, 2023.

Knesset speaker calls to replace High Court if reasonableness law struck down

 Knesset speaker Amir Ohana holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem. September 6, 2023.

Is Ohana right that the High Court can't strike basic laws? - analysis

 Knesset speaker Amir Ohana holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem. September 6, 2023.

Knesset Speaker: High Court has no authority to strike down basic laws

 Workers carry a flag in preparation for "The Negev Summit" to be hosted by Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and the Foreign Ministers of the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt in Sde Boker, Israel, March 27, 2022.

Moroccan senate head to make historic first visit to Israel's Knesset

 Workers carry a flag in preparation for "The Negev Summit" to be hosted by Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and the Foreign Ministers of the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt in Sde Boker, Israel, March 27, 2022.

Ohana: Israel to recognize Western Sahara as Moroccan

 MK Amir Ohana attends the Knesset's Mimouna on April 12, 2023.

In Morocco, Amir Ohana is making history for Israel - editorial

 Likud MK Amir Ohana vote at a Likud polling station in Jerusalem on August 10, 2022

Knesset Speaker Ohana to fly to Morocco on Wednesday for historic visit

 Likud MK Amir Ohana vote at a Likud polling station in Jerusalem on August 10, 2022

Italy, Israel celebrate 75 years together on Ohana visit to Rome

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