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Moshe Nissim

Moshe Nissim is an Israeli lawyer and Likud politician who served as Minister of Justice, Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister.

born 1935Minister of Justice from 1980Minister of Finance from 1986Deputy Prime MinisterConversion reform proposal

Born: 10 April 1935, Jerusalem
Occupation: politician, lawyer, advocate
Party: Likud
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Moshe Nissim was born in 1935 in Jerusalem

Moshe Nissim was born in Jerusalem in 1935. His parents were Victoria and Rabbi Isaac Nissim, who served as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1955 to 1973.

He studied at yeshivas, including his father's, and helped his father write rulings on Jewish law. At the same time he studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He was called up to the IDF in February 1958 and served as a legal officer in the Air Force. He was released in 1959 to run for the Knesset and completed 10 more months of service in 1961.

He entered the Knesset in 1959 for the General Zionists, lost his seat in 1961 and returned in 1969 with Gahal, which later became Likud. He was Minister without Portfolio from 1978, Minister of Justice from 1980 and Minister of Finance from 1986. After 1988 he again served without portfolio, then became Minister of Industry and Trade and, in 1990, Deputy Prime Minister.

He left the cabinet after the 1992 elections and the Knesset in 1996. In 2017 Benjamin Netanyahu asked him to lead a reform of the conversion system, but his proposal was rejected.