Eliezer Sandberg (, born 21 February 1962) is a former
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i politician who served as a government minister between 2003 and 2004.
Biography
Born in
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
, Sandberg studied law at
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...
, gaining an LLB. He joined the
Tzomet
Tzomet ( he, צוֹמֶת, lit., ''Crossroads'') is a small, right-wing political party in Israel.
History
The party was founded by General Rafael Eitan in 1983, after his retirement from the position of chief-of-staff in 1982. He headed it throug ...
party, and became a member of its secretariat in 1988. He also served as the party's legal adviser and chairman of its Haifa branch. In 1992 he was elected to the
Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
on Tzomet's list. He was re-elected in 1996 and in November 1998 was appointed Deputy
Minister of Education. On 23 February 1999 he left Tzomet to become a founding member of the
Israel in the Centre party (later renamed the Centre Party), but on 22 March he left the new party to establish his own faction,
HaTzeirim. On 29 March merged HaTzeirim into
Shinui
Shinui ( he, שִׁינּוּי, lit. ''Change'') was a Zionist, secular, and anti-clerical free market liberal party and political movement in Israel. The party twice became the third-largest in the Knesset, but both occasions were followed by a ...
.
[Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups]
Knesset website
Sandberg was re-elected on the Shinui list in 1999 and 2003, and in February 2003 was appointed
Minister of Science and Technology, a role he held until July 2004 when he became
Minister of National Infrastructure. He left the cabinet on 4 December 2004 when Shinui left the coalition government.
In January 2006 Sandberg was amongst the Shinui MKs which left the party to establish the
Secular Faction. On 5 February he and
Hemi Doron
Hemi Doron ( he, חמי דורון, born 16 October 1956) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shinui, the Secular Faction and National Home between 2003 and 2006, and is currently mayor of Tayibe.
Biography
Born ...
left the new faction to establish the
National Home. Prior to the
2006 elections the two joined
Likud
Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon ...
, but were not included on its list, and thus lost their seats in the election.
In 2017 he was named as a suspect in a corruption-tainted multi-million-dollar deal with German shipyard.
Ex-minister Eliezer Sandberg named as suspect in widening submarines probe
Times of Israel,
4 September 2017
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1962 births
People from Haifa
Tel Aviv University alumni
Israeli lawyers
Living people
National Home politicians
Tzomet politicians
Centre Party (Israel) politicians
Shinui politicians
Hetz (political party) politicians
HaTzeirim politicians
Israeli Jews
Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996)
Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999)
Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003)
Members of the 16th Knesset (2003–2006)
Ministers of Science of Israel
Deputy ministers of Israel