Lior Edri

{{short description|Israeli rabbi and politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|2|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Netanya, Israel | death_date = | suboffice1 = Shas | office1 = Faction represented in the Knesset | subterm1 = 2015 | native_name = ליאור אדרי | native_name_lang = he }}

Rabbi '''Lior Edri''' ({{langx|he|ליאור אדרי}}; born 13 February 1979) is an Israeli rabbi and politician. He briefly served as a member of the Knesset for Shas in 2015.

==Biography== Edri studied in two yeshivas and a kolel in Netanya. He went on to become a manager at Badatz Beit Yosef, supervising meat kashrut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.badatz.biz/staff/הרב-ליאור-אדרי-שליטא/|title=Rabbi Lior Edri|work=Badatz Beit Yosef website|language=he|accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref>

A member of Shas, he was placed thirteenth on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset elections.<ref>[http://en.idi.org.il/media/2052117/Shas.pdf Shas Candidates for the 19th Knesset ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217133511/http://en.idi.org.il/media/2052117/Shas.pdf |date=2015-12-17 }} Israel Democracy Institute</ref> Although Shas won only 11 seats, Edri entered the Knesset on 1 January 2015 following the resignation of Aryeh Deri.<ref>[https://www.knesset.gov.il/faction/heb/FactionPageCurrent.asp?PG=2 Sephardic Union of Torah Observers – Shas] Knesset website</ref> He was not on the party's list for the March 2015 elections,<ref>[http://www.bechirot20.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=60&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Shas list] Central Elections Committee</ref> losing his seat.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edri, Lior}} Category:1979 births Category:People from Netanya Category:Shas politicians Category:Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–2015) Category:Living people Category:Badatz Beit Yosef