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Yaakov Litzman ((ヘブライ語:יעקב ליצמן), born 2 September 1948) is an Israeli politician and Government Minister. A follower of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, he heads the Agudat Yisrael part of the United Torah Judaism alliance in the Knesset and serves as Minister of Health. ==Biography== Litzman was born in 1948 to Polish survivors of the Holocaust, in a displaced persons camp in Germany. When he was two years old, the family immigrated to the East New York section of Brooklyn, and then to the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, where he grew up. In 1966, at age 17, he immigrated to Israel and continued his Torah studies. His first job was as principal of the Hasidic Beis Yaakov girls' school in Jerusalem. He later became active in politics under the guidance of the then Gerrer Rebbe, Rabbi Simcha Binem Alter. Over time he became known as the rebbe's right-hand man, a role he continues under the present Gerrer Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Arye Alter. In 1999 the present rebbe asked Litzman to join the Agudat Yisrael faction of the United Torah Judaism list for the Knesset elections that year. He was subsequently elected, and became Chairman of the Finance Committee. He headed the UTJ list for the 2003 elections,〔(UTJ list ) Israel Democracy Institute〕 and was re-elected, again becoming the Chair of the Finance Committee. He has since served as the leader of the UTJ and Agudat Yisrael faction in the Knesset, in which he consults the Gerrer Rebbe on a daily basis. Litzman was re-elected again in 2006, retaining his chairmanship of the Finance Committee, and for a fourth time in 2009, after which UTJ joined the new government, in which Litzman was appointed Deputy Minister of Health. After Litzman was reelected in 2013, UTJ were excluded from the coalition government. However, following the 2015 elections, he was reappointed Deputy Minister of Health. He was appointed on August 27, 2015 Minister of Health after a court challenge filed by Yesh Atid.〔http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4695331,00.html〕 Litzman served on the Knesset's Internal Affairs Committee from 1999–2001,〔(News 2001 )〕 and as the Deputy Chairman of Knesset Labor and Welfare Committee.〔(News 2000 )〕 As part of the coalition agreement with the ruling government of Ariel Sharon in 2001, Litzman was appointed chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, a position he held until 2003, and again from 2005-2007. Litzman has five children and lives in Jerusalem. He is quoted as saying that "in some respects, I envy the low profile the Haredi community in the United States has been able to retain by staying out of politics". He also said that, in Israel, the media attention makes for misrepresentation and misunderstanding of the Haredi community. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yaakov Litzman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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