| Uriel Lynn | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 April 1935 |
| Place of birth | Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine |
| Knessets | 11, 12 |
| Party | Likud |
Uriel Lynn (Hebrew: אוריאל לין, born 2 April 1935) is an Israeli lawyer and former civil servant and politician. He is currently president of the Federation of the Israeli Chambers of Commerce and the Tel Aviv and Central Israel Chambres of Commerce.[1] as well as a member of the executive board of the Eurochambres and the World Chambers Federation.
Born Uriel Asulin in Jerusalem during the Mandate era, Lynn studied at the Nautical School in Haifa, before studying law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of California, Berkeley. He was certified as a lawyer, and worked as secretary and legal advisor to the Ata textile company from 1965 until 1970.
From 1972 until 1976 he worked as managing director of the Jerusalem Jersey textile firm, and later as director of the North American Investmenst Authority from 1978 until 1979. From 1979 until 1982 he was director of the State Revenue.
In 1982 he became director general of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, a role he held until 1984, when he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list (within which he represented the Liberal Party until its dissolution in 1988). He was appointed chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and of the Subcommittee for Road Safety, and also chaired the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee for Traffic Accidents. He was re-elected in 1988, and chaired the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee till 1992.
During his term as Chairman he led some of the major constitutional changes in the legal system such as the basic law of human dignity and freedom, freedom of the occupation and the direct election of the Prime Minister.
In 1992 he decided not to run again as candidate to the Israeli Knesset, and established his own law firm, specializing in international arbitration. He is also chairman of the family business Lynn Networks Ltd.
Since 1972, Lynn has also published hundreds of articles in all the major newspapers relating to topics in economy, law, government, road safety and crime.