Name Mickey Levy | Role Politician | |
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Date of birth (1951-06-21) 21 June 1951 (age 64) Knessets Israeli legislative election, 2013, Israeli legislative election, 2015 | ||
Mickey Levy: Higher Taxes May Cause Recession
Mickey Levy (Hebrew: מיקי לוי, born 21 June 1951) is an Israeli politician who serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid. He served as Deputy Minister of Finance between 2013 and 2014. Before entering politics, he was a police officer.
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- Mickey Levy Higher Taxes May Cause Recession
- Mickey levy says fed policy pushed up commodity prices
- Biography
- References
Mickey levy says fed policy pushed up commodity prices
Biography
Levy was born in Jerusalem to parents who were Kurdish Jewish immigrants from Cizre. He served as head of Jerusalem branch of the Israel Police between 2000 and 2003. After retiring he worked as the Israeli police attaché in Washington, D.C..
Prior to the 2013 Knesset elections he joined the new Yesh Atid party, and was placed eleventh on its list. He entered the Knesset after the party won 19 seats. Following Yesh Atid's coalition agreement with Likud, he was appointed to serve as Deputy Finance Minister. He was placed eleventh on the party's list again for the 2015 elections, and was re-elected as the party won 11 seats.