Dan MERIDOR
In 2009-2013 Dan Meridor was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence in the Israeli Government.
In 2004-2006 Mr Meridor was the Chairman of the Committee - appointed by the Minister of Defence - on Israel's Defence Doctrine. The comprehensive report of Meridor's Committee was submitted to the Government in 2006.
In 2003 - 2008 Dan Meridor served as Chairman of The Jerusalem Foundation.
In 2003-2006 Mr Meridor was a Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute.
In 2006-2009 Mr Meridor was Deputy Chairman of the Board of the INSS (Institute for National Security Studies).
In 2001-2003 Mr Meridor served as a Minister in the Israeli government, in charge of strategic affairs, and was a member of the Inner Cabinet.
In 1999-2001 Mr Meridor served as the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset.
In 1996-1997 Mr Meridor was the Minister of Finance of Israel. As Minister of Finance, Mr Meridor initiated sweeping reforms in the economy through massive budget cuts, liberalization and privatization.
In 1988-1992 Dan Meridor was the Minister of Justice of Israel. He promoted human rights legislation, and Israel's first (and so far - only) human rights constitutional laws were enacted during his term, creating the "constitutional revolution", empowering the Supreme Court with judicial review over Knesset laws.
In 1982-1984 Mr Meridor served as the Secretary of the Cabinet under Prime Ministers Menahem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir.
In 1984 he was elected to the Knesset and he served as a Member of the Knesset in the years 1984-2003 and 2009-2013. In the Knesset, Mr Meridor served on the Committee of Foreign Affairs and Defence, the Committee of Constitution, Law & Justice and the Ethics Committee.
Mr Meridor is a graduate of the Faculty of Law in the Hebrew University and practiced law in Jerusalem and in Tel-Aviv for many years.
Dan Meridor is a captain (res.) in the I.D.F. He fought as a tank commander in the Six Days War and in the Yom Kippur War.
Mr Meridor is presently the Chairman of the Board of Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Earlier he was the Chairman of the Public Council of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chairman of the Board of the Israel Museum and a member of the Board of the Gesher Theatre.
Dan Meridor was born in Jerusalem in 1947, where he lives ever since.
He is married to Dr Leora Meridor, with four children and seven grandchildren.