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Uzi Landau

Uzi Landau is an Israeli politician who served in the Knesset for Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu and held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Public Security and Minister of Tourism.

born 1943Minister of Public SecurityOpposing the Disengagement PlanMinister of Energy and TourismChairman of Rafael

Born: 2 August 1943, Haifa
Occupation: politician, military personnel
Party: Likud, Israel Our Home
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Ohel Shem

Uzi Landau was born in 1943 in Haifa

Landau was born in Haifa to Olga and Haim Landau, an Irgun fighter who later became a Knesset member and minister for Herut. He grew up in Ramat Gan and attended Ohel Shem High School.

He earned a BSc and an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technion and a PhD in engineering at MIT. He works as a systems analyst.

He served in the Paratroopers and fought as a reservist in the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War. He was later Director-General of the Ministry of Transport, a Technion lecturer and a board member of El Al and other public bodies.

He entered the Knesset for Likud in 1984 and chaired the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Ariel Sharon made him Minister of Public Security in 2001 and dismissed him in 2004 after he led Likud opposition to the Disengagement Plan. In 2008 he moved to Yisrael Beiteinu and became Minister of National Infrastructure in 2009, later Minister of Tourism in 2013.

He announced his retirement from parliamentary life in December 2014. He later served as co-chairman of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and as chairman of Rafael from 2017 to 2023.

Uzi Landau's life in 10 milestones

1943
Born in Haifa.
1973
Returned from Boston to fight with the Paratroopers in the Yom Kippur War.
1984
First elected to the Knesset on the Likud list.
1991
Took part in Israel's delegation to the Madrid Conference.
2001
Appointed Minister of Public Security.
2004
Dismissed from the government by Ariel Sharon.
2008
Left Likud and joined Yisrael Beiteinu.
2009
Appointed Minister of National Infrastructure.
2013
Appointed Minister of Tourism.
2017
Became chairman of Rafael.

Uzi Landau held 3 offices between 1984 and 2015

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Knesset member 1984 to 2006, 2009 to 2015
Minister of Energy 2009 to 2013
Minister of Tourism 2013 to 2015

Uzi Landau served in the military

He served in the Nahal Airborne Battalion of the Paratroopers and completed the infantry officers course. As a reservist he fought in the Six-Day War and in the Yom Kippur War, and he reached the rank of Major.

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