1. Uriel Reichman is an Israeli legal scholar and former politician.
11 Facts About Uriel Reichman
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Uriel Reichman remained its president for 27 years and is currently chair of its board of directors.
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Uriel Reichman briefly served as a member of the Knesset in 2006 for Kadima.
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Uriel Reichman was born in Tel Aviv during the Mandate era to Gerda and Alfred who had fled Nazi Germany.
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Uriel Reichman then studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he was taught by Aharon Barak, earning an LLB in 1967 and an LLM in 1972.
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Uriel Reichman was called up for reserve duty during the Six-Day War in 1967, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, during which his brother Gad was killed.
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Uriel Reichman has served on the board of directors of the First International Bank and Bank Hapoalim.
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Uriel Reichman has chaired the Israel Bar Association's Committee for Human Rights, headed and served as a member of several public committees, and proposed reforms in the real-estate laws and in the professions of real-estate surveying and brokerage.
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In 2000 Uriel Reichman was made a "Knight of Quality Government" by the Movement for Quality Government.
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Uriel Reichman was awarded an honorary doctorate by Heinrich Heine University in 2010.
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In 2018 Uriel Reichman was given the Robert and JoAnn Bendetson Public Diplomacy Award by the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University.