Michael Malchieli received the University’s highest distinction, the title of Honorary Professor of International European University.
Michael Malchieli is an Israeli politician, the Minister of Religious Affairs, the Acting Minister of Interior in the thirty-seventh government, and a member of the Knesset for the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox SHAS party.
Mr. Malchieli gained a BA in education and Israel Heritage from Bayit VeGan College and studied for a Master's in public policy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He taught at Boys Town Jerusalem (between 2005 and 2009) and was Rosh yeshiva at the Tiferet Zvi yeshiva (from 2008 until 2013).
Michael Malchieli was the chairman of the neighborhood council in the East Jerusalem settlement of Neve Yaakov.
In 2013, he was elected to Jerusalem City Council. He was also chief of staff to Minister of Religious Services David Azulai. On November 2, 2016, Mr. Malchieli entered the Knesset.