Dan Tichon

Dan Tichon
Date of birth	(1937-01-05) 5 January 1937
Place of birth	Kiryat Haim, Mandatory Palestine
Knessets	10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Party represented in Knesset
1981–1999	Likud
Other roles
1996–1999	Speaker of the Knesset

Dan Tichon (Hebrew: דן תיכון‎, born 5 January 1937) is a former Israeli politician and Speaker of the Knesset 1996–1999.

Background

Born in Kiryat Haim during the Mandate era, Tichon served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces before graduating with an economics and international relations degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 1970 to 1974, he served as Advisor to the Minister of Trade and Industry on Development Areas and from 1971 to 1981, he was Chairman of the Directors' Council of the Housing and Development Company. In 1977, he was appointed Director General of the Housing and Development Company. In the 2000s (decade), he served as the Chairman of the Israel Port Authority and later as the Chairman of the Israel Ports Development & Assets Company, but resigned in January 2006 over corruption issues.^[1]

Political career

In 1981, he was elected to the 10th Knesset as a member of Likud. He served as member of the Knesset Committees on Finance, Internal Affairs and the Environment, State Control, Energy, and Sport. In 1984, Tichon was re-elected and became Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and member of the Knesset Committees on Finance and State Audit.

After being elected again to the 12th Knesset he continued in these positions, serving also as Chairman of the Israel-Germany Parliamentary Friendship League.

In the 13th Knesset he was Chairman of the Knesset Committee on State Audit, and member of the Knesset Committee on Finance. In July 1996, he was appointed Speaker of the 14th Knesset.

He lost his seat in the 1999 elections.

In 2010 Dan Tichon assumed the Chairman position at the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research (ITF).

References

External links

• Dan Tichon on the Knesset website
• Dan Tichon Jewish Virtual Library

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