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Chaim Ramon

Haim Ramon is an Israeli politician who served in the Knesset between 1983 and 2009, held several ministerial posts, and led the Histadrut.

born 1950The National Health Insurance LawChairing the HistadrutFounding member of Kadima

Born: 10 April 1950, Jaffa
Occupation: politician, lawyer, trade unionist, minister
Party: Kadima
Education: Tel Aviv University

Chaim Ramon was born in 1950 in Jaffa

Ramon was born in Jaffa in 1950 to parents from Mezritch near Lublin in Poland. He grew up in Jaffa and attended Ironi Z high school.

He served as an intelligence officer in the Israeli Air Force and was discharged as a captain. He then studied law at Tel Aviv University and qualified as a lawyer.

After leaving the army in 1972 he became active in the Labor Party and led its youth wing from 1978. He entered the Knesset in May 1983, chaired the finance committee and later led the Labor faction.

As Minister of Health under Yitzhak Rabin he promoted the National Health Insurance Law, then resigned in 1994 and won the Histadrut elections with Amir Peretz. He later served as Minister of Internal Affairs and in other cabinet posts, and in 2005 joined Kadima.

Appointed Justice Minister in 2006, he resigned after being indicted for indecent assault and was convicted in 2007, without moral turpitude. He returned to government as vice premier in July 2007 and left the Knesset in 2009.