Uriel Buso

Uriel Menachem Buso (Hebrew: אוריאל מנחם בוסו,[1] born 13 September 1973[2]) is an Israeli politician who serves as Minister of Health[3] and as a member of the Knesset for Shas.

His mother Heftziba is the daughter of the Moroccan-born Mayor and Chief Rabbi of Ramla, Yitzhak Abihatsira, commonly referred to as "the Baba Khaki", and his father is an immigrant from Argentina who studied at Porat Yosef Yeshiva.

On 8 February 2011, Buso was arrested along with the mayor of Petah Tikva, Itzik Ohayun, on suspicion of corruption, namely taking bribes and undisclosed finances.

[4] On 12 October 2023, he was appointed Minister of Health as part of a cabinet reshuffle caused by the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.

In 2019, his eldest son was married in a ceremony attended by Yitzhak Yosef, Shlomo Amar, Aryeh Deri, and Yuli Edelstein.