Ya'akov Geri (Hebrew: יעקב גרי, 18 September 1901 – 18 December 1974), also known as Jack Gering,[1] was an Israeli lawyer who served as Minister of Trade and Industry between November 1950 and October 1951, although he never was a Knesset member.

Born in Seda in the Russian Empire (today in Lithuania),[2] Geri later moved to South Africa.

[3] After arriving in Israel he initially worked for Dov Yosef's law firm before being appointed secretary of the Africa Palestine Investment Company in 1935.

[3][4] On 1 November 1950 Geri was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry in David Ben-Gurion's second government, a post he held until 8 October 1951.

After his term as Minister he became head of a group of South African companies in Israel.