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Report: Deri considering giving health minister post to ministry chief Moshe Bar Siman-Tov

18 January 2023, 6:04 pm Edit

Then Health Ministry director general Manager Moshe Bar Siman-Tov at a press conference about the coronavirus COVID-19, at the Prime Ministers office in Jerusalem on March 11, 2020. (Flash90)

Then Health Ministry director general Manager Moshe Bar Siman-Tov at a press conference about the coronavirus COVID-19, at the Prime Ministers office in Jerusalem on March 11, 2020. (Flash90)

Channel 12 reports that Aryeh Deri is now considering appointing Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov as health minister in his stead.

Bar Siman-Tov became well known in Israel for leading the ministry as director-general during the first months of the coronavirus crisis. He stepped down in June 2020 and was recently reappointed to the role by Deri.