birth_place ministeryears party partyyears birth_date image article_title birth_name minister
jerusalem , israel 1996 2002 -- 2003 2002 -- 2003 2006 -- 2013 2006 -- -- 2009 2009 -- 2013 2000 2001 -- 2002 2001 -- 2002 shas 1996 -- 2015 26 december 1962 eli yishai 2009.jpg eli yishai
 eliyahu yishai minister minister of internal affairs deputy prime minister minister of internal of affairs deputy prime minister minister of industry , trade & labor labour minister of internal affairs & social welfare deputy prime minister
eli yishai

eliyahu `` eli '' yishai -lrb- , born 26 december 1962 -rrb- is an israeli politician .
a former leader of shas , he represented the party in the knesset from 1996 until 2015 , also holding several ministerial posts including being deputy prime minister , minister of internal affairs and minister of industry , trade & labour .
in december 2014 he left shas to establish the yachad party .
