Uri Maklev

Uri Maklev was born in 1957 in Bnei Brak

Maklev was born in Bnei Brak in 1957 to Mordechai and Nechama Maklev. His great-grandfather, Mordechai Maklev, came to the land in the First Aliyah. He was named after his uncle Uri Maklev, an Irgun fighter who fell in the War of Independence.

He studied at the Kol Torah yeshiva and later at the Ponevezh yeshiva, and was ordained as a rabbi. After his marriage he lived in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem. He later moved to the Ramot neighborhood of the city, where he lives.

From 1993 to 2008 he was Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem for United Torah Judaism and held the education portfolio. He entered the Knesset on 31 July 2008 under a rotation agreement and was reelected several times. He served as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and from 2015 chaired the Science and Technology Committee.

In May 2020 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Transportation and Road Safety and resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law. He returned to the Knesset in July 2025. He is married with 5 children.