Yaron Zelicha

Yaron Zelicha was born in 1970 in Ramat Gan

Zelicha was born in Ramat Gan to parents who came from Iraq, and he grew up in the city. His father was a Bank Leumi branch manager. He attended the Ohel Shem high school in Ramat Gan.

He served in the Research Department of the Military Intelligence Directorate and was discharged in 1991. He then studied at Bar-Ilan University, finishing a bachelor's degree in 1994. He earned a doctorate in economics there in 2001.

He trained as an accountant and taught accounting at the College of Management from 1995 to 1997. He worked in the Prime Minister's Office from 1996 and became head of accounting at Ono Academic College in 1998. He later held finance roles at Partner Communications, Tevel Telecom and Derech Eretz Highways, the Highway 6 operator.

In 2003 Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named him accountant general, a post he held until 2007. During his term he testified as a witness in the Bank Leumi sale case involving Ehud Olmert. In 2011 he was chosen to head a committee on concentration in the private car market.

In December 2020 he founded the New Economic Party, which did not enter the Knesset. In 2026 the party ran on a joint list with Yoaz Hendel's The Reservists, with Zelicha second on the list. He is married to Orly and has 3 children.