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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|8|22|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Jerusalem, Israel
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|party1 = Yisrael Beiteinu
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|minister1 = Minister of Tourism
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|minister2 = Minister of Public Security
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|}}Yitzhak Aharonovich ({{lang-he|יצחק אהרונוביץ'}}, born 22 August 1950) is an Israeli businessman and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2006 and 2015, and also held the posts of Minister of Tourism and Minister of Public Security. He is currently Chairman of IMI Systems. BiographyYitzhak Aharonivich was born in Jerusalem to Holocaust survivors from Kaunas. He grew up in moshav Dishon and studied at a yeshiva in Safed. In 1968, he began his mandatory military service in the Israel Defense Forces, and served as a deputy company commander and instructor at a training base. He later studied history at the University of Haifa and graduated with a BA. In 1972, he joined the Israel Border Police, and during the 1973 Yom Kippur War he was stationed on the border with Lebanon. Aharonovich lives in Even Yehuda with his family. Military and police careerIn the 1980s he headed the northern command of the Israel Border Police, and led rescue operations during the two Tyre catastrophes. Political careerIn 2006 he was elected to the Knesset on Yisrael Beiteinu's list. In March 2007, he was appointed Minister of Tourism, but his tenure ended in January 2008 when the party left Ehud Olmert's coalition government. He retained his seat in the 2009 elections, for which he was placed fourth on the party's list. Upon the formation of the Netanyahu government on 31 March 2009, he was appointed Minister of Public Security.[2] On 16 June 2009, Aharonovich attracted controversy over a comment he made during a meeting with an undercover police detective in Tel Aviv's Central Bus Station. After the detective apologized for being untidy while meeting Aharonovich, Aharonovich replied that he looked as dirty as an "Araboosh" a Hebrew slur roughly translating as "dirty Arab". He was denounced by several members of the Knesset as a racist following that, and subsequently apologized.[3] He was praised for his actions during the Mount Carmel forest fire. In January 2015 he announced that he was retiring from politics, and would not contest the 2015 elections.[1] and in November 2016 he became chairman of IMI Systems Ltd.[2] References1. ^Yitzhak Aharonovich quitting politics The Jerusalem Post, 9 January 2015
2. ^Liberman to appoint party members as IAI, IMI chairs Globes, 7 July 2016
3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1075341.html|title=Netanyahu Sworn in as Israel's Prime Minister|publisher=Haaretz|date=1 April 2009|accessdate=11 December 2010}}
4. ^1 {{cite web|url= http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1093401.html|publisher=Haaretz|title=Public Security Minister Calls Cop 'Dirty Arab'|author=Goren, Yuval|date=16 June 2009|accessdate=11 December 2010}}
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}}External links{{Israeli Internal Security Ministers}}{{Israeli Tourism Ministers}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Aharonovich, Yitzhak}} 16 : 1950 births|Living people|Children of Holocaust survivors|Israeli Jews|Israeli people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent|Israeli police officers|Jewish Israeli politicians|Members of the 17th Knesset (2006–09)|Members of the 18th Knesset (2009–13)|Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–15)|Ministers of Public Security of Israel|Ministers of Tourism of Israel|Moshavniks|People from Jerusalem|University of Haifa alumni|Yisrael Beiteinu politicians |