Lawyer, Educated at Law Faculty, Tel-Aviv University

1977-93 Elected to the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th Knesset:

• Deputy Foreign Minister
• Acting Minister of Interior
• Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister's office
• Minister of the Environment
• Minister of Labor and Welfare Minister of Police
• Member of the Ministerial Council on Security.

1993-98 Elected as the 8th Mayor of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa.

5/1999 Elected to the 15th Knesset

8/2000-1/2001 Minister of Health.

2001-2/2003 Minister for Regional Cooperation

11/2003 – 9/2006 Chairman of the Board of Azorim Investment Ltd. IDB Group

12/2004 – 3/2010 Board member of Bank Yahav

8/2007 – 8/2012 Board member of American Israeli Paper Mills Ltd. Group

3/2010 – 8/2012 Chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald Israel

6/2010 – 11/2014 Board member of Kardan Real Estate

Today :

Since 4/2015 Board member of Delek Group Ltd

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