Uzi Landau
Uzi Landau | |
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Minister of Tourism | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1984–2006 | Likud |
| 2009–2015 | Yisrael Beiteinu |
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| Born | 2 August 1943 Haifa, Mandatory Palestine |
Uzi Landau (
Minister of Tourism
.
Biography
Landau was born in
In
1999, he served as chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
from 1996 until 1999, when he became chairman of the State Control Committee.
In 2001, he was appointed Minister of Public Security by
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, and ran for the Leadership of the Likud in 2005, before dropping out and endorsing Benjamin Netanyahu in December.[2] He was placed fourteenth on the Likud list for the 2006 elections
, but lost his seat as Likud won only 12 seats.
In 2008 he announced that he was joining Yisrael Beiteinu.[3] He was placed second on the party's list for the 2009 elections, and was returned to the Knesset as the party won 15 seats. After Yisrael Beiteinu joined the Likud-led coalition, Landau was appointed Minister of National Infrastructure[4] (after which he changed its name to the Ministry of Energy and Water).
On 12 October 2011, Landau was one of only three cabinet ministers to vote against the
Minister of Tourism
.
In December 2014 he announced that he was retiring from politics, and would not contest the 2015 elections.[6]
References
- ^ Knesset website
- ^ Marciano, Ilan; Somfalvi, Attila (5 December 2005). "עוזי לנדאו פורש מהמירוץ, תומך בנתניהו" [Uzi Landau withdraws from race, supports Netanyahu]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Uzi Landau joins Yisrael Beiteinu Ynetnews, 17 November 2008
- ^ Netanyahu sworn in as Israel's prime minister Archived 2 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz, 1 April 2009
- ^ Rightwing minister Uzi Landau: Shalit swap deal is 'great victory for terrorism' Haaretz, 12 October 2011
- ^ Uzi Landau leaves politics after 31 years The Jerusalem Post, 28 December 2014
External links
- Uzi Landau on the Knesset website
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