Yitzhak Saban

Yitzhak Saban was born in 1952 in Israel

Yitzhak Saban was born in Israel on 15 July 1952. He is an accountant by profession. He is married and has 4 children and 13 grandchildren.

After high school he volunteered for the IDF in 1970, although he had been exempted for health reasons. He served as a quartermaster. His release was delayed by the Yom Kippur War, and he finished his service as a sergeant.

From 1989 to 1998 he was deputy mayor of Beersheba. For the 1999 elections he was placed 14th on the Shas list and entered the Knesset when the party won 17 seats. He sat on the House, Finance, Interior and Environment, Constitution, Law and Justice, and Education and Culture committees.

He was not included on the Shas list for the 16th Knesset because he was identified with Aryeh Deri. He lost his seat in the 2003 elections.