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Rahamim Malul

Rahamim Malul is an Israeli politician who was a Shas member of the Knesset from 1999 to 2003 and mayor of Rehovot from 2009 to 2024.

born 1946Mayor of RehovotShas Knesset memberDeputy speaker of the Knesset

Born: 29 April 1946, Morocco
Occupation: politician, head teacher, mayor
Party: Shas, Likud

Rahamim Malul was born in 1946 in Morocco

Rahamim Malul was born in Morocco in 1946. After several years in France, he immigrated to Israel in 1960. He attended a yeshiva high school.

He joined the IDF in 1965 as an air defense signaler. He later studied at a teachers' college and at Bar-Ilan University.

From 1965 to 1996 he worked as a teacher, then as a principal and education supervisor in the Independent Education Center schools. He served for many years on the Rehovot city council for Shas. In August 1996 he was appointed head of the local council of the Bedouin town of Kuseife.

He entered the Knesset for Shas in 1999 and served as a deputy speaker. He was not placed on the Shas list in 2003, because he was identified with Aryeh Deri.

In 2008 he was elected to the Rehovot council for Likud and became deputy mayor. He became mayor in 2009 after Shuki Forer resigned, and was reelected in 2013 and 2018. He lost the 2024 election, and in July 2024 became chairman of the Sharonim regional planning and building committee.