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Aryeh Deri
Aryeh Deri
Date of birth	17 February 1959 (age 50)
Place of birth	Meknes, Morocco
Year of aliyah	1968
Knessets	13th, 14th
Party	Shas
Ministerial posts; (current in bold)	Minister of Internal Affairs; Minister without Portfolio

Aryeh Deri (Hebrew: אריה דרעי‎; born February 17, 1959 in Meknes, Morocco) is an Israeli politician, and former leader of Israel's Shas Party. After Deri was convicted of taking $155,000 in bribes while serving as Interior Minister and given a three-year jail sentence, he was replaced by Eli Yishai.^[1]^[2] Due to good behavior, Deri was released from Maasiyahu Prison after serving twenty-two months.^[3]

[edit] References

^ Sontag, Deborah (2000-09-04). "In a Divided Israel, Thousands Rally for the Ex-Shas Party Leader as He Goes to Jail". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07E2D71130F937A3575AC0A9669C8B63. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
^ Kessel, Jerrold (2000-09-03). "Israeli political leader goes to jail after emotional send-off". CNN. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/09/03/shas.jail/. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
^ "Former Shas leader to leave prison". BBC News. 2002-07-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2122057.stm. Retrieved 2007-10-10.

[edit] External links

Aryeh Deri Knesset website

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[0] Sontag, Deborah (2000-09-04). "In a Divided Israel, Thousands Rally for the Ex-Shas Party Leader as He Goes to Jail". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07E2D71130F937A3575AC0A9669C8B63. Retrieved 2007-10-10.

[1] Kessel, Jerrold (2000-09-03). "Israeli political leader goes to jail after emotional send-off". CNN. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/09/03/shas.jail/. Retrieved 2007-10-10.

[2] "Former Shas leader to leave prison". BBC News. 2002-07-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2122057.stm. Retrieved 2007-10-10.

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