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Nir Barkat
Nir Barkat is an Israeli businessman and politician, currently serving as Minister of Economy. He previously served as mayor of Jerusalem from 2008 to 2018.
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business · Israeli businessman and politician (born 1959) · politician · entrepreneur · businessperson · mayor · also Nir Barkat, Barkat
Born 19 October 1959 · Q468394
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2026· 5 entries
“When I draw on one side of the slide, I have to plan in my head what the other side will look like. It's not easy.”
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“If someone pushes me into a place that isn't right for me, like labeling me and asking me what genre I'm painting in, I'll also get angry and say, 'What are you trying to put me in a box? I'm not willing to be there.'”
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“My development as an artist in Israel and abroad has nothing to do with my husband, not with the people around him, not with opening doors. I don't use his connections to achieve anything or for someone to make my life easier. It's an iron rule for me, black and white, no gray.”
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“One of the things that irritates me the most is that my occupation will be considered 'the hobby of the mayor's wife.”
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2025· 1 entry
“I support our fighters and call on the defense minister to immediately put a stop to the despicable show trial against them.”
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2023· 1 entry
After Barkat became minister of economy, Shomrim reported that he remained a stakeholder in a network of companies registered in Israel, the United States, Luxembourg, the British Virgin Islands and other jurisdictions,
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2022· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (2022).
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2021· 2 entries
Career landmark: Knesset member (2021–2022).
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Barkat's name was included among 565 Israelis whose names were included in the Pandora Papers
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2020· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (2020–2021).
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2019· 2 entries
Career landmark: Knesset member (2019–2019).
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Career landmark: Knesset member (2019–2020).
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2017· 1 entry
“Beverly is really a good artist – the real thing. She has a natural hand and her own artistic language, and we will hear about her not only as the mayor's wife.”
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2015· 1 entry
Joined Barkat's coalition
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2013· 3 entries
And in 2014 but garnered criticism for street closures which led to school cancellations, over expenditures, and its appropriateness for the city
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Barkat's net worth was estimated at NIS 450 million (about $122 million), more than the combined value of the next three politicians on the list, making him the wealthiest Israeli politician
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Ran for a second term, during which he was endorsed by the Labor Party, and also by a range of prominent Likud activists; he also had the tacit support of Meretz, which withdrew its candidate, Pepe Alalu, in order not
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2011· 1 entry
And has personally participating in races both in Jerusalem and abroad
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2008· 2 entries
“Let no one make the mistake of thinking that Bibi is some millionaire woman who was looking for a new hobby, she is an artist at heart. She is a very, very serious and very, very good painter - one of the most dedicated students I have had. She draws fantasticly, which is a great compliment – not everyone who paints also knows how to draw.”
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Career landmark: Mayor of Jerusalem (2008–2018).
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2007· 1 entry
Barkat took part in the Israeli version of Dragons' Den, the venture-capitalist television program, which consists of entrepreneurs pitching their ideas in order to secure investment from business experts
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1999· 1 entry
The Barkat family began to explore the educational gaps in Jerusalem through their investment in The Snunit Center for the Advancement of Web Based Learning, a non-profit, non-governmental organization which uses web bas
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1977· 1 entry
And served for six years, including reserve duty, reaching the rank of major
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-10-19.
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