13 Facts About Dan Meridor

Dan Meridor is an Israeli politician and minister.

Dan Meridor rejoined Likud a decade later, and returned to the Knesset following the 2009 elections.

In 2014, Dan Meridor succeeded Avi Primor as president of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, an institute of international affairs which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress.

Dan Meridor was drafted into the IDF in 1965 to the air force academy, and after two months was transferred to the armored corps where he served as a tank commander.

Dan Meridor then studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, gaining an LL.

Dan Meridor retained his seat in the 1992 and 1996 elections, and was appointed Minister of Finance by Benjamin Netanyahu in 1996.

Dan Meridor was elected as a Centre Party MK in the 1999 elections, and was appointed chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

Dan Meridor later rejoined Likud, and won seventeenth place on the party's list for the 2009 elections.

Dan Meridor returned to the Knesset after the party won 27 seats.

Dan Meridor ran in the Likud primaries for the 2013 elections, but he failed to win a realistic place on the Likud list.

Dan Meridor's father was Eliyahu Dan Meridor, a member of the Knesset.

Dan Meridor's wife Liora is a senior economist, who held several posts in the Bank of Israel, the private sector, and government-sponsored panels.

Sallai Dan Meridor was Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization from 1999 to 2005 and was appointed as Israeli ambassador to the United States in 2006.