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Ya’akov Yosef (October 18, 1946 – April 12, 2013) was an Israeli rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 1984 and 1988.
Ya’akov Yosef (Jacob Joseph) was born in Jerusalem towards the end of the Mandate era, the second child (oldest son) of Ovadia Yosef, a prominent rabbi. He was educated in the Porat Yosef and Kol Torah yeshivas in Bayit VeGan. He was later certified as a rabbi at the Rav Kook Institute.
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