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Nir Barkat

Nir Barkat is an Israeli lawmaker as part of the Likud Party and is the country's current economy and industry minister.

A former mayor of Jerusalem, Barkat is also a highly successful businessman, having been part of numerous hi-tech ventures. He is estimated to be one of the wealthiest politicians in the country due to his fortune.

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 Israeli Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat is seen shaking hands with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyễn Hồng Diên.

Israel and Vietnam reignite relations with new free trade agreement

 THE OR LAMISHPACHOT choir sings at an ICEJ gathering last Sunday at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem.

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 An El Al plane in Ben Gurion Airport.

El Al sets four fixed-price destinations to keep skies open amid airline cancelations

 Prime Minister Netanyahu while Israel committee approves EU import reform

New reform that would allow Israel to import products marketed in EU passes

Economy Minister Nir Barkat seen during a plenum session at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 29, 2024

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 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Economy Minister Nir Barkat

Nir Barkat threatens Likud opposition on haredi draft bill, Netanyahu fires back

 "Together we will win," reads a skyscraper in Tel Aviv

Jerusalem Unity Prize to be awarded on 10th anniversary of murder of kidnapped yeshiva students

 BARKAT BELIEVES there will be a post-war ‘economic rebound.’

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 Then-US Senator Joe Lieberman meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in 2009, following a Knesset election that would soon return Netanyahu to the Prime Minister's Office.

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 Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks during a press conference at his office in Tel Aviv, March 12, 2024.

Israeli economy minister calls on public to boycott food giant Strauss

 People shop for groceries at the Shufersal Deal supermarket in Katsrin, Golan Heights, on February 9, 2024.

Barkat opens WhatsApp group for retail heads to coordinate price freeze

 Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference. June 6, 2023

Black stickers: The government's new plan to shame companies raising prices during war

 Prime Minister Netanyahu while Israel committee approves EU import reform

Israel's Knesset committee approves EU import reform

Likud MK Tali Gottlieb and Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovitz during a discussion and a vote on the reasonableness bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem. July 10, 2023.

Likud MKs must quit their divisive theatrics

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Succession: Who will be Israel's new leaders when the Hamas war ends?

 Economy Minister Nir Barkat

Israeli minister: Palestinian Authority would carry out October 7, too

  Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference. June 6, 2023

Barkat criticizes Israeli military policies for being 'too nice'