Place of birth Kiryat Shmona, Israel 2016– Shas | Knessets 20 | |
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Date of birth (1966-03-18) 18 March 1966 (age 51) | ||
Nissan Yigal Guetta (Hebrew: ניסן יגאל גואטה, born 18 March 1966) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Shas.
Background
Guetta was born and raised in Kiryat Shmona, where his brother and sister-in-law were killed in the Kiryat Shmona massacre in 1974. He carried out his IDF national service in the Nahal. He was educated at Bais Hatalmud in Jerusalem, and gained a master's degree in business and public administration.
In 2008, he was appointed CEO of the municipality of El'ad. In 2013, he was elected to Bnei Brak City Council on the Shas list, becoming responsible for the finance portfolio.
Guetta was placed tenth on the Shas list for the 2015 Knesset elections, but failed to become a Knesset member when Shas won seven seats. In January 2016, he entered the Knesset after Deputy Minister of the Interior Meshulam Nahari resigned as an MK under the Norwegian Law.
Married, with three children, he lives in the Pardes Katz neighbourhood of Bnei Brak.