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Menachem Mazuz

Menachem "Meni" Mazuz is an Israeli jurist who was Attorney General of Israel from 2004 to 2010 and a Supreme Court justice from 2014 to 2021.

born 1955Attorney General from 2004 to 2010Supreme Court justiceThe Sharon campaign finance case

Born: 30 April 1955, Djerba
Occupation: jurist, judge
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Menachem Mazuz was born in 1955 in Djerba

Mazuz was born in Djerba, Tunisia, the fifth of nine children. His father, Rabbi Shlomo Mazuz, was a rabbi and religious judge on the island. The family moved to Israel in 1956 and settled in Netivot.

He attended high school in a program for gifted students at a yeshiva high school in Jerusalem. After serving in the IDF, he studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and graduated in 1980. He interned at the Supreme Court and at the State Attorney's Office.

Mazuz joined the State Attorney's Office in 1981 and worked there until 1994. From 1991 to 1995 he was a legal adviser in the negotiations with Jordan and the Palestinians. In 1994 he became Deputy Attorney General and served for 10 years.

He became Attorney General in February 2004. In 2005 he secured the indictment of Omri Sharon on corruption charges and decided not to charge Ariel Sharon or Gilad Sharon. He also handled legal issues around the Gaza disengagement.

Mazuz was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice on November 10, 2014. He resigned for personal reasons, effective April 2021. He lives in Jerusalem, is married and has 2 children.