What is Amir Peretz?
[[File:Amir Peretz 2019.jpg|200px|right]] '''Amir Peretz''' ({{lang-he-n|עָמִיר פֶּרֶץ}}; born on 9 March 1952 in [[Boujad]], [[Morocco]]) is an Israeli politician and trade unionist. He was the leader of the [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]], and as a member of the [[Knesset]] for the party. In the 1980s he was mayor of [[Sderot]].<ref name=knesset/> A Knesset member almost continuously since 1988, he has also been [[Ministry of Defense (Israel)|Minister of Defence]] and [[Environmental Protection Ministry (Israel)|Minister of Environmental Protection]], as well as heading the [[Histadrut]] trade union federation between 1995 and 2006.<ref name=knesset>{{cite web|title=Knesset Members|url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=105|publisher=Knesset|access-date=30 January 2013}}</ref> Since 17 May 2020 he has been minister of economy in the [[Fifth Netanyahu Government]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Peretz, Amir}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Government ministers of Israel]] [[Category:HaAvoda politicians]] [[Category:Israeli political leaders]] [[Category:Israeli mayors]] [[Category:Israeli opposition leaders]] [[Category:Israeli trade unionists]] [[Category:Jewish Israeli politicians]] [[Category:Members of the Knesset]] [[Category:Moroccan Jews]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of Israel]] [[Category:Moroccan politicians]] {{bio-stub}}