Ovadia Yosef

Maran Ovadia Yosef עובדיה יוסף‎
Yosef in 2007
Personal
Born	September 24, 1920 Baghdad, British occupied Iraq
Died	October 7, 2013(2013-10-07) (aged 93) Jerusalem
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	Israeli
Spouse	Margalit Fattal
Children	11, including Yitzhak Yosef, Ya'akov Yosef and Adina Bar-Shalom
Parent(s)	Yaakov and Gorjiya Ovadia
Denomination	Sephardi Haredi Judaism
Alma mater	Porat Yosef Yeshiva
Occupation	Author, Politician, Rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and recognized halakhic authority
Signature
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Yitzhak Nissim
Successor	Mordechai Eliyahu
Position	Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Organisation	Chief Rabbinate of Israel
Began	1973
Ended	1983
Other	Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Spiritual leader of the Shas political party
Buried	Sanhedria Cemetery
Residence	Jerusalem
Semikhah	Rabbi Ben Zion Hai Uziel[1]

Ovadia Yosef (Hebrew: עובדיה יוסף‎, romanized: Ovadya Yosef, Arabic: عبد الله يوسف, romanized: ‘Abd Allāh Yūsuf;^[2] September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013)^[3] was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, a posek, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, and a founder and long-time spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party.^[4][5] Yosef's responsa were highly regarded within Haredi circles, particularly among Mizrahi communities, among whom he was regarded as "the most important living halakhic authority".^[6]