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Uriel Reichman

Uriel Reichman is an Israeli legal scholar who founded the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, now Reichman University, and briefly served in the Knesset in 2006.

born 1942Founding Reichman UniversityA proposed constitution for IsraelCo-founding the Shinui partyProperty law scholarship

Born: 4 July 1942, Tel Aviv
Occupation: politician, pedagogue, legal scholar, lawyer
Party: Kadima, Shinui
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Chicago Law School
Founded: Radzyner Law School (1994), Reichman University (1994)

Uriel Reichman was born in 1942 in Tel Aviv

Reichman was born in Tel Aviv in 1942 to Gerda and Alfred, who had fled Nazi Germany. He went to elementary school in Ramat Gan and to Tichon Hadash high school in Tel Aviv. He was active in the Scouts and in Maccabi Ramat Gan football.

He served in the Paratroopers and later fought in 3 wars as a reservist. He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and earned a doctorate in law from the University of Chicago in 1975.

He taught at Tel Aviv University and was dean of its Faculty of Law from 1985 to 1990. In the mid-1980s he led a team that drafted a proposed constitution for Israel, including direct election of the prime minister. He founded the Ramot Mishpat law school in 1990 and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in 1994, which he headed until 2021.

He was a founder of Shinui and became head of its presidium in 2004. In 2005 he joined Kadima and entered the Knesset in 2006. He resigned his seat on 28 April 2006 after the Education portfolio went to the Labor Party.

Uriel Reichman's life in 9 milestones

1942
Born in Tel Aviv.
1960
Enlisted in the IDF and volunteered for the Paratroopers.
1975
Earned a doctorate in law from the University of Chicago.
1985
Became dean of the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law.
1990
Founded the Ramot Mishpat law school.
1994
Founded the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.
2005
Left Shinui and joined Kadima.
2006
Entered the Knesset and resigned soon after.
2021
Retired as president of the university he founded.

Uriel Reichman served in the military

He served in the Paratroopers from 1960 to 1963 as a platoon commander in Battalion 890, leaving as a lieutenant, and fought as a reservist in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. After his brother Gad was killed in 1973, he moved to staff roles and headed a military appeals tribunal as a major.