Birth Date: | 29 August 1981 |
Birth Place: | Bat Yam, Israel |
Office1: | Faction represented in the Knesset |
Suboffice1: | Yesh Atid |
Subterm1: | 2023– |
Yaron Amos Levi (born 29 August 1981) is an Israeli Politician currently serving as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid. He previously served as Deputy Mayor of Bat Yam.[1]
Yaron Levi was born in Bat Yam[2] on 29 August 1981. Before entering politics, he was a member of the Israeli Judo team, and won both the Israel Judo Championship and the IJF Junior World Tour in 2000,[3] [4] before quitting in 2002 due to injuries.[5]
In 2018, Levy was elected to the Bat Yam City Council as a member of Yesh Atid, and also served as its deputy Mayor, holding the Sports, Young Persons and Beaches portfolios. On 2021 Israeli legislative election, he was placed on 30th spot, but was not elected as Yesh Atid only won seventeen seats.[6] Ahead of the 2022 Israeli legislative election, Levy was assigned the 26th spot on Yesh Atid's electoral list.[7] He was not elected as the party won 24 seats,[8] but entered the Knesset on 1 August 2023 after Orna Barbivai resigned to run for Mayor of Tel Aviv.
Levi is married and has three children.