What is Silvan Shalom?
{{Infobox officeholder | image= Silvan Shalom.jpg | birth_place = [[Gabès]], [[Tunisia]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|8|4|df=y}} | death_date = }} '''Zion Silvan Shalom''' ({{lang-he|ציון סילבן שלום}}, born 4 August 1958) is an [[Israel]]i politician who was a member of the Knesset for [[Likud]] between 1992 and 2015. He held a few big Minister positions, such as the [[Deputy leaders of Israel#Vice Prime Minister|Vice Prime Minister]] and [[Ministry of Interior (Israel)|Minister of the Interior]]. He resigned on 24 December 2015 following allegations of [[sexual harassment]].<ref name=resignation>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/israels-vice-premier-silvan-shalom-resigns-amid-sex-harassment-allegations-20151221-gls5zu.html|title=Israel's vice premier Silvan Shalom resigns amid sex harassment allegations|first=Ari|last=Rabinovitch|date=20 December 2015|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/20/israeli-vice-premier-resigns-over-sexual-harassment-allegations|title=Silvan Shalom’s replacement to be Likud’s first openly gay Knesset member|first=Kate|last=Shuttleworth|date=20 December 2015|access-date=2 September 2020|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> Later on, the Attorney-General said these claims were false.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/sexual-assault-investigation-of-silvan-shalom-is-closed/|title=Sexual assault investigation of Silvan Shalom is closed|author=TOI STAFF|date=7 May 2019|work=[[The Times of Israel]]|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shalom, Silvan}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Jewish Israeli politicians]] [[Category:Likud politicians]] [[Category:Tel Aviv University alumni]] [[Category:Members of the Knesset]] [[Category:Deputy government ministers of Israel]]