Michael Malchieli (Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל מַלְכִּיאֵלִי; born 7 October 1982) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as the Minister of Religious Affairs in the thirty-seventh government, and is a member of the Knesset for the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox Shas party.

[1][2] Malchieli also served as the acting Minister of Interior between January and April of 2023.

[3][4] Malchieli was a pupil at the Hebron Yeshiva,[5] and later gained a BA in education and Israel Heritage from Bayit VeGan College and studied for a master's in public policy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Malchieli is married, with five children, and lives in the East Jerusalem settlement of Neve Yaakov,[5] where he was chairman of the neighbourhood council from 2012 to 2013.

[2] In 2013 he was elected to Jerusalem City Council, where he held the portfolio for ultra-Orthodox sports.