Shlomo Karhi

Shlomo Karhi was born in 1982 in Ramat Gan

Karhi was born in Ramat Gan in 1982, the eldest child of Mazal and Rabbi David Karhi, whose family is of Tunisian Jewish origin from Djerba. As a child he moved with his family to Moshav Zimrat near Netivot, where his father became the rabbi. He studied at the Kisse Rahamim and Mercaz HaRav yeshivas.

After his army service he earned a BA in management accounting and information systems at the Jerusalem College of Technology and became a certified accountant. At Ben-Gurion University of the Negev he completed a master's degree in 2011 and a PhD in industrial engineering and management in 2013.

He taught at Sapir Academic College and Ben-Gurion University, and in 2014 became a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University. His research deals with scheduling and optimization.

Karhi entered the Knesset for Likud in 2019 and was re-elected several times. In December 2022 he became Minister of Communications, where he advanced reforms in broadcasting and infrastructure, and his steps on public broadcasting and Al Jazeera drew public dispute. He is married and has 8 children.