Michael Malchieli

Michael Malchieli was born in 1982 in Jerusalem

Malchieli was born in Jerusalem on 7 October 1982 to Shmuel and Mira. He studied at the Hebron Yeshiva and later earned a BA in education and Jewish thought from Bayit VeGan College. He also studied for a master's degree in public policy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

From 2005 to 2009 he taught at Boys Town Jerusalem, and he later taught at the Tiferet Zvi yeshiva. He founded an organization for yeshiva learning in high school yeshivas and wrote books on Jewish law.

In 2012 he became chairman of the community council in Neve Yaakov, and in 2013 he was elected to the Jerusalem City Council. He was chief of staff to Minister of Religious Services David Azulai. He entered the Knesset on 2 November 2016, replacing Aryeh Deri, and later chaired the Shas faction.

In December 2022 he became Minister of Religious Services in the 37th government, and from January to April 2023 he was also acting Minister of the Interior. His ministry issued regulations in April 2024 changing how city rabbis are chosen, and more than 100 mayors signed a letter against the plan. He resigned as minister on 18 July 2025 when Shas left the government.

In August 2025 he became chairman of the Knesset special committee on social gaps in the periphery and resigned in October 2025. He lives in Neve Yaakov in Jerusalem and is married.