Haim Biton

Haim Biton (Hebrew: חַיִּים בִּיטוֹן, born 17 January 1978)[1] is an Israeli politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for Shas. Biton also serves as a minister in the Ministry of Education.

Haim Biton
Ministerial roles
2022–Minister in the Ministry of Education
Faction represented in the Knesset
2021–Shas
Personal details
Born (1978-01-17) 17 January 1978
Jerusalem, Israel

Biography

Biton was appointed CEO of Shas in 2014.[2] In 2016 he took over the party's Ma'ayan Hinukh Torani school system, increasing its enrollment by 10,000 in two years.[3] Following a complaint by Hiddush, in 2020 the Office of the Attorney General ruled that he could not be both CEO of the party and the school network.[4]

Biton was placed ninth on the Shas list for the 2015 elections. The party won only seven seats, and when he had the opportunity to take his seat as a replacement, he declined, allowing Yigal Guetta to take his place. He subsequently turned down the opportunity to run on the party's list for the April 2019 Knesset elections.[5] However, prior to the 2021 elections he was placed fifth on the Shas list,[1] and was elected to the Knesset as the party won nine seats.

Biton lives in Givat Ze'ev, an Israeli settlement located north of Jerusalem.

References
  1. בחירות 2021: אלה הם חברי הכנסת ה-24 מטעם ש"ס Mako, 25 March 2021
  2. Chaim Biton is Shas’ New CEO The Yeshiva World, 17 February 2014
  3. Shas Languishes in the Polls, Yet Its Low-achievement School System Is Growing Fast Haaretz, 3 September 2008
  4. Shas CEO cannot simultaneously be CEO of state-funded educational network Hiddush
  5. Shas’ Director-General, Chaim Biton, Refuses Placement On A Knesset List The yeshiva World, 20 February 2019
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