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Monday, June 3, 2019
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Monday, June 3, 2019
Lawmakers approve Netanyahu pick for state comptroller in Knesset vote
Knesset members approve Netanyahu’s nominee, Matanyahu Englman, to be the next state comptroller in a 67-48 plenum vote. Five lawmakers abstain from the secret-ballot vote.
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman (Courtesy/Technion)
Englman is the CEO of the Council of Higher Education. The other nominee nominated for the job was Giora Romm, Israel’s former military attaché in the US and ex-deputy commander of the Air Force.
It’s the first time in 30 years that Israel’s attorney general will not be a retired judge.
