Yuli Edelstein
Yuli Edelstein | |
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יולי אדלשטיין | |
 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Speaker of the Knesset | |
| In office 18 March 2013 – 25 March 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Reuven Rivlin |
| Succeeded by | Benny Gantz |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1996–1999 | Minister of Immigrant Absorption |
| 2009–2013 | Minister of Information & Diaspora |
| 2020–2021 | Minister of Health |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1996–2003 | Yisrael BaAliyah |
| 2003–2006 | Likud |
| 2007– | Likud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yulian Yur'evich Edelshtein (Юлиан Юрьевич Эдельштейн) 5 August 1958 |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union (1958–1987) Israel (since 1987) |
| Party | Unity (since 2026) |
Other political affiliations | National Religious Party (formerly) Yisrael BaAliyah (1996–2003) Likud (2003–2026) |
| Spouse(s) |
Tatiana Freivort
(m. 1981; died 2014) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Yuri Edelstein (father) Leonid Nevzlin (father-in-law) |
| Education | Moscow Pedagogical Institute (expelled) |
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Yuli-Yoel Edelstein (Hebrew: יולי יואל אדלשטיין, Russian: Юлий Йоэль Эдельштейн; born 5 August 1958) is an Israeli politician, co-founder of the Yisrael BaAliyah party, and a senior figure in Likud.
A former Soviet refusenik, Edelstein has served as a member of the Knesset since 1996, holding senior roles including Speaker of the Knesset (2013–2020), Minister of Health (2020–2021), and chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (2022–2025).
Breaking with Likud, he announced in June 2026 that he was leaving the party and launched a new right-wing political party, Unity, with Gilad Erdan in August 2026.