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Dan Naveh

Dan Naveh is an Israeli businessman and former Likud politician who served in the Knesset from 1999 to 2007 and as Minister of Health from 2003 to 2006.

born 1960Minister of Health, 2003 to 2006Cabinet Secretary, 1996 to 1999Chairing Clal InsuranceLeading Israel Bonds

Born: 21 June 1960, Bnei Brak
Occupation: politician
Party: Likud
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Dan Naveh was born in 1960 in Bnei Brak

Dan Naveh was born Dan Mannheim in Bnei Brak on 21 June 1960. His family later moved to the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem, where he studied at the Netiv Meir yeshiva high school. His father immigrated from the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia in 1939.

He served in Air Force intelligence and was discharged as a master sergeant. He earned a law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1985 and was admitted to the bar in 1986.

From 1986 to 1992 he advised Minister Moshe Arens. He later served as Cabinet Secretary from 1996 to 1999 and chaired the Israeli steering committee for talks with the Palestinians, taking part in the Wye and Hebron agreements.

He entered the Knesset for Likud in 1999 and became a minister in the Prime Minister's Office in 2001, acting as liaison with the Knesset. In 2003 he became Health Minister and resigned in January 2006 with the other Likud ministers. During his term, failures in monitoring imported baby formula led to infant deaths, and 5 ministry staff were indicted.

He left the Knesset in 2007 and founded a health care venture capital group. He chaired Clal Insurance from 2013 to 2020, and in December 2021 became president and CEO of Israel Bonds. He is married to Tsili and has 3 children.