Uriel Lynn ( he, אוריאל לין, born 2 April 1935) is an Israeli lawyer, former civil servant and politician. Currently president of the Federation of the Israeli Chambers of Commerce and the Tel Aviv and Central Israel Chamber of Commerce, he served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1984 and 1992.

Biography

Lynn was born Uriel Asulin in Jerusalem during the Mandate era. His father, Yehonatan Asulin was from Morocco, while his mother, Margalit Hazan, was born in Palestine. His grandfather, rabbi Ben-Zion Mordechai Hazan, was one of the founders of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and officially handed over the

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of Jerusalem to the Jordanians during the Israeli surrender there in the

1948 Arab-Israeli War Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

. Lynn attended the Nautical School in Haifa. He served in the 7th Armored Brigade of the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

, and fought as a reservist in the

Suez Crisis The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel,Also known as the Suez War or 1956 Wa ...

, Six-Day War, and Yom Kippur War. and afterwards studied law at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

and University of California, Berkeley,Uriel Lynn: Particulars
Knesset website earning an LLM from both universities. He was certified as a lawyer devoting two years in litigation of cases related to traffic accidents and from 1965 until 1970 worked as secretary and legal advisor at the ATA textile company.Uriel Lynn: Public activities
Knesset website Between 1969 and 1971 he worked as deputy general manager at Isranyl, a textile factory, which later on was transformed to Jerusalem Jersey Textile where he continued working as managing director between 1972 and 1979. In 1973 Lynn joined the Liberal Party, which was part of the Likud alliance. He was placed 56th on the Likud list for the 1977 Knesset elections, but failed to win a seat. In 1978, following Likud's election victory, Lynn became a civil servant after being appointed Director of the North American Investment Authority. In 1982 he became Director General of the

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. In

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

Lynn was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list. 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.Uriel Lynn: Knesset activities
Knesset website He was re-elected in the

1988 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1988. Africa * 1988 Cameroonian general election * 1988 Equatorial Guinean legislative election * 1988 Kenyan general election * 1988 Malian parliamentary election * 1988 Rwandan parliamentary elect ...

after being placed 23rd on the Likud list.Likud list (1988)
Israel Democracy Institute In his second term in the Knesset he chaired the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee till 1992. In 1992 he decided not to run again as candidate to the Israeli Knesset, and established again his own law firm, specializing in arbitration and government. At the end of 2002 he was elected President of the Tel Aviv & Central Israel Chamber of Commerce and of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce. He also became a member of the board of the Eurochambres and was elected a member of the council of the World Chambers Federation (WCF), a worldwide organization of National Chambers of Commerce.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynn, Uriel 1935 births Politicians from Jerusalem Jews from Mandatory Palestine Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni UC Berkeley School of Law alumni Israeli lawyers Israeli businesspeople Israeli civil servants Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Living people Likud politicians Liberal Party (Israel) politicians Members of the 11th Knesset (1984–1988) Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–1992)