Uzi Landau ( he, עוזי לנדאו, born 2 August 1943) is an Israeli politician and

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. He served as a member of the

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for

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 S ...

between 1984 and 2006, and for

Yisrael Beiteinu Yisrael Beiteinu ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּיתֵנוּ, russian: Наш Дом Израиль, lit. ''Israel Our Home'') is a secularist, nationalist right-wing political party in Israel. The party's base was originally secular Russia ...

between 2009 and 2015. He also held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Public Security, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Minister of Energy and Water Resources and

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Biography

Landau was born in

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during the Mandate era. He served in the

Paratroopers Brigade The 35th Brigade ( he, חֲטִיבַת הַצַּנְחָנִים, ''Hativat HaTzanhanim''), also known as the Paratroopers Brigade, is an infantry brigade unit of paratroopers within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and forms a major part of ...

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 reached the rank of Major. He gained a BSc and MSc from the Technion in

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, and a

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from the

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. He worked at the Technion, was director-general of the

Israel Ministry of Transport The Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructure and Road Safety (MOT) ( he, משרד התחבורה, התשתיות הלאומיות והבטיחות בדרכים, ar, وزارة المواصلات والأمان على الطريق) is a gov ...

and also a member of the board of

El Al El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (, he, אל על נתיבי אויר לישראל בע״מ), trading as El Al (Hebrew: , "Upwards", "To the Skies" or "Skywards", stylized as ELAL; ar, إل-عال), is the flag carrier of Israel. Since its inaugura ...

. In

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he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list, and during his first term he chaired the Subcommittee for Soviet Jewry. He retained his seat in the 1988 elections, after which he became chair of the Subcommittee for the Defense budget. Re-elected in

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and

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, he served as chair of the

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from 1996 until 1999, when he became chairman of the State Control Committee. In 2001, he was appointed Minister of Public Security by

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and retained his place in the

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after the 2003 elections, when he was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. He resigned his post in October 2004 due to his objections to Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, and ran for the Leadership of the Likud in

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, before dropping out and endorsing

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in December.'''' He was placed fourteenth on the Likud list for the 2006 elections, but lost his seat as Likud won only 12 seats. In 2008 he announced that he was joining

. He was placed second on the party's list for the 2009 elections, and was returned to the Knesset as the party won 15 seats. After Yisrael Beiteinu joined the Likud-led coalition, Landau was appointed Minister of National Infrastructure (after which he changed its name to the Ministry of Energy and Water). On 12 October 2011, Landau was one of only three cabinet ministers to vote against the proposal to swap 1,027 convicted Palestinian prisoners for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. He called the deal a 'great victory for terrorism'. He was re-elected in the 2013 elections, after which he was appointed

. In December 2014 he announced that he was retiring from politics, and would not contest the 2015 elections.Uzi Landau leaves politics after 31 years
''The Jerusalem Post'', 28 December 2014

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