Netanyahu Appoints First Leader for Likud Faction in 26th Knesset

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Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Ofir Katz as the Likud party's faction chairman for the 26th Knesset. This is the party's first appointment since the elections and precedes the swearing-in of the new Knesset. Katz will continue his role from the previous Knesset, where he also served as coalition chairman and held committee positions.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Ofir Katz as Likud's faction chairman for the 26th Knesset.
This is the Likud party's first appointment since the recent elections.
The appointment comes two days before the new Knesset is sworn in.
Katz will continue his role as faction chairman, which he has held since 2022.
He also serves as coalition chairman and has held various committee positions.

Netanyahu Appoints First Leader for Likud Faction in 26th Knesset — Editorial illustration generated by baba News, not a photograph of the event.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday the appointment of Ofir Katz as the Likud party's faction chairman in the 26th Knesset. This marks the party's first appointment since the recent elections and comes just two days before the new Knesset is sworn in. Katz will continue in the role he held in the previous Knesset, having served as Likud's faction chairman since 2022, in addition to his positions as coalition chairman and Knesset committee chairman. He also served on the Finance, Constitution, and Foreign Affairs and Defense committees. Katz was first elected to the 21st Knesset as a representative for the Galilee and Valleys region on the Likud list. In the 23rd Knesset, he received his first major role when Netanyahu appointed him as the coalition's coordinator for the Finance Committee. During the 24th Knesset, when Likud was in the opposition, Katz was a member of the Finance Committee.