Ze'ev Boim

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Ze'ev Boim (Hebrew: זאב בוים) (b. 1943) is a member of the Kadima party formed by Ariel Sharon at the end of 2005, and a representative in the Israeli Knesset. He is a former member of the Likud party. He is currently the Minister of Immigrant Absorption.

Ze'ev Boim was born in 1943 in Jerusalem.

Boim served as a company commander in the IDF Armored Corps. He was originally a teacher by profession, and has a BA in History and Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was principal of the Comprehensive High School in Kiryat Gat and has served as an educational emissary to Mexico.

His served in the past as Mayor of Kiryat Gat, as well as Chairman of the Municipal Environmental Quality Association, Ashkelon District; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Economic Company of Kiryat Gat; and Chairman of the Directorate of the Inter Regional Industrial Park of Kiryat Gat and the Lachish Region.

He has been a Knesset Member since 1996, serving in the 14th Knesset as Likud Party whip, head of the Negev Lobby, and head of the Knesset Delegation to the Annual Dialogue between Israel and the European Parliament. In the 15th Knesset he served as coalition and Likud faction chairman. He has served on the following committees: Education and Culture; Finance; Internal Affairs and Environment; Constitution, Law, and Justice; Foreign Affairs and Defense; House; Immigration Absorption; Foreign Workers.

In the 16th Knesset, he served as Deputy Minister of Defense from March 2003 until January 2006, and as Minister of Housing and Construction and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from January-May 2006.

In May 2006, Ze'ev Boim was appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption.

He is married and has three children, and lives in Kiryat Gat.