Uzi Landau
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| Uzi Landau | |
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| Date of birth | 2 August 1943 |
| Place of birth | Haifa, Mandate Palestine |
| Knesset(s) | 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th |
| Party | Likud |
| Gov't roles (current in bold) |
Minister of Internal Security Minister in the PM's Office |
Uzi Landau (Hebrew: עוזי לנדאו, born 2 August 1943) is an Israeli politician and former minister and member of the Knesset.
Landau was born in Haifa during the Mandate era. He served in the Paratroopers Brigade of the Israel Defence Forces, and reached the rank of Major.
He gained a BSc and MSc from the Technion and a Ph.D. from MIT and worked as a systems analyst. He served as the Director-General of the Ministry of Transport, a lecturer in the Technion, a member of the Boards of El Al, the Israel Port Authority and the Israel Airports Authority, and a member of the Board of the Society for the Protection of Nature.
In 1984 he was elected to the Knesset as a Likud member, and chaired the subcommittee for Soviet Jewry. He retained his seat in the 1988 election and chaired the subcommittee for the defense budget during the 12th Knesset's term. Re-elected in 1992, 1996, 1999 and 2003, 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 Internal Security in Ariel Sharon's government. He retained his place in the cabinet after the 2003 election, when he was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. However, he resigned his post in October 2004 due to his objections to the disengagement plan.
Landau lost his seat in the 2006 election, just missing out on a place in the Knesset; he was 14th on the party's list but Likud won only 13 mandates.
Landau is married, and has 3 children.
