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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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 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'

 YESHIVA UNIVERSITY President Dr. Ari Berman with singer-songwriter Ishay Ribo.

Grapevine December 8, 2023: It ain’t over till it’s over

 A vote on the state budget at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem. December 6, 2023.

Israel's Knesset passes divisive wartime budget in first reading

 Nir Barkat

Is Barkat preparing to run against Netanyahu for Likud leadership?

 The Likud faction

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 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich and Economy Minister Nir Barkat attend a meeting in September.

Gov't's amended budget met with outrage at inclusion of coalition funds

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich and Economy Minister Nir Barkat attend a meeting in September.

Israel-Hamas war harms economy, but ministers fight over paying the bill

 Economy Minister Nir Barkat at the New York Stock Exchange.

New York Stock Exchange decorated in Israel's colors

 Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer, Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli, and Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat

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 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, January 8, 2023

Is Benjamin Netanyahu an obstacle to political stability in Israel? - poll