Bezalel Smotrich
Sanctioned entityBorn 27 Feb 1980 (46 years old). Named in 3 sanctions listings. Knesset member.
Summary
Minister of Finance
Israeli far-right religious politician and lawyer (born 1980)
Sanctions and listings3
Serious Violations Or Serious Abuses Of Human Rights Sanctions Regime - Autonomous (Thematic - Human Rights)
Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeAustralian Sanctions Consolidated ListAustralia
Targeted financial sanction and travel ban
Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2025
Programme AU-HUMANLast updated 11 Jun 2025dfat.gov.audfat.gov.au
- Effective
- 10 Jun 2025
UK sanctions relating to global human rights - The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020
UK; Foreign, Commonwealth & Development OfficeUK FCDO Sanctions ListUnited Kingdom
Director Disqualification Sanction, travel ban and asset freeze
Bezalel SMOTRICH (hereafter “SMOTRICH”) is an involved person within the meaning of the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 on the basis of the following ground: SMOTRICH is responsible for engaging in, inciting, promoting and/or supporting activity which amounts to a serious abuse of the right of individuals not to be subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular acts of aggression and violence against Palestinian individuals in the West Bank.
Bezalel SMOTRICH (hereafter 'SMOTRICH') is an involved person within the meaning of the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 on the basis of the following ground: SMOTRICH is responsible for engaging in, inciting, promoting and/or supporting activity which amounts to a serious abuse of the right of individuals not to be subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular acts of aggression and violence against Palestinian individuals in the West Bank.
Programme GB-HRReference 16962Reference GHR0164Last updated 10 Jun 2025gov.ukgov.uk
- Listed
- 10 Jun 2025
Special Economic Measures Act - Extremist Settler Violence
Global Affairs CanadaCanadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions ListCanada
Part 1
Programme CA-SEMAReference 17international.gc.cainternational.gc.ca
Positions held18
Current
Knesset member
31 Mar 2015 to 30 Apr 2019
Knesset member
3 Oct 2019 to 16 Mar 2020
Knesset member
30 Apr 2019 to 3 Oct 2019
Knesset member
16 Mar 2020 to 6 Apr 2021
Knesset member
20 Jan 2021 to 6 Apr 2021
Knesset member
10 Oct 2019 to 16 Mar 2020
Knesset member
6 Apr 2021 to 15 Nov 2022
Knesset member
31 Mar 2015 to 30 Apr 2019
Knesset member
15 Nov 2022 to 7 Feb 2023
Knesset member
Current
Minister of Finance
6 Apr 2021 to 15 Nov 2022
Knesset member
16 Mar 2020 to 20 Jan 2021
Knesset member
3 Oct 2019 to 10 Oct 2019
Knesset member
30 Apr 2019 to 3 Oct 2019
Knesset member
29 Dec 2022 to 31 Mar 2025
Minister of Finance
15 Nov 2022 to 7 Feb 2023
Knesset member
2015 to 2016
Knesset (member)
Connections6
Family4
All 4 markedClose associate of PEP- Relative; co-father-in-lawBorn 17 Jun 1976
- Spouse
- Father
- Parent
Other names36
Also known as32
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Weak aliases4
Spellings the source flags as too generic to establish a match on their own.
Addresses1
Eish Yemicha Street, Giv’at Rashi, Kedumim, West Bank
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