Yomtob Kalfon

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Yomtob Kalfon
יום טוב כלפון‎
Faction represented in the Knesset
2021–2022	Yamina
2022	Yamina
Personal details
Born	(1986-06-16) 16 June 1986 (age 38) Sarcelles, France

Yomtob Tovchai Kalfon (Hebrew: יום טוב כלפון) is an Israeli attorney and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Yamina.

Kalfon, a native of France,^[1] immigrated to Israel in 2004^[2][3] to serve in the IDF. He studied for a master's degree in political science and political communication at the Hebrew University,^[4] and also studied parliamentary counseling at the Israeli Center for Political Training.

He was placed twelfth on the New Right's electoral list ahead of the April 2019 elections,^[5] but failed to win a seat. He was an unsuccessful candidate again in September 2019 (17th on the Yamina list),^[6] March 2020 (seventeenth on the Yamina list)^[7] and March 2021 (eleventh on the Yamina list).^[8] However, after Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law in June 2021 following her appointment as Minister of the Interior, Kalfon entered the Knesset as her replacement.

On 13 May 2022, Minister of Religious Services Matan Kahana announced his resignation as minister, a move that would end Kalfon's tenure as a Member of Knesset on 15 May. The move was meant to “help strengthen the coalition” after Kalfon was suspected of being prepared to leave the shaky coalition.^[9][10] Kalfon returned to the Knesset in July 2022 following the resignation of Amichai Chikli.^[11]

Kalfon was born in France and made aliyah in 2004. He is married having 3 children, lives in Beit Raban.^[4]

• Yomtob Kalfon on the Knesset website