Ya'akov Ben-Yezri (Hebrew: יעקב בן-יזרי, 1 October 1927 – 17 February 2018) was a Moroccan–Israeli politician.

He served as a Knesset member on behalf of Gil and as the country's Minister of Health between 2006 and 2009.

He was voted into the 17th Knesset in the 2006 elections, and was subsequently appointed Minister of Health in Ehud Olmert's government.

Ben-Yezri, a confessed smoker, later caused controversy when he lit up whilst being interviewed on television.

[4] He was placed fourth on the Gil list for the 2009 elections, but the party failed to cross the electoral threshold, and he lost his seat.