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Gilad Erdan - Minister of Environmental Protection Click to enlarge
Gilad Erdan - Minister of Environmental Protection


Minister of Environmental Protection
On March 31, 2009, the Israel Government appointed
Gilad Erdan as Minister of Environmental Protection.

Curriculum Vitae - Gilad Erdan

Minister of Environmental Protection, Liaison between the Government and the Knesset, Member of the Likud Party

Personal:
Date of Birth: 30/09/1970
Place of Birth: Ashkelon, Israel
Residence: Ashkelon
Family Status: Married
Number of Children: 2

Education
L.L.B., Bar Ilan University
Master's in Political Science, Public and Political Leadership, Tel Aviv University

Military Service
Captain in Reserves

Profession
Attorney

Languages
English, Hebrew

Knesset Activities:

Knesset 16

  • Member, Parliamentary Inquiry Committee for the Location and Restitution of Property of Holocaust Victims
  • Member, Constitution, Law and Justice Committee
  • Chairman, Subcommittee for the War on Traffic Accidents
  • Chairman, Subcommittee for Sports
  • Member, Finance Committee
  •  Member, Economic Affairs Committee
  • Member, Education, Culture, and Sports Committee 
  •  Member, State Control Committee
  • Member, Committee on Foreign Workers
  • Member, Committee on the Rights of the Child
  • Member, Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Violence in Sports
  • Member, Subcommittee for the Location and Restitution of Property of Holocaust Victims

Knesset 17

  • Member, Labor, Welfare, and Health Committee
  • Member, House Committee
  • Member, Economic Affairs Committee
  • Chairman, Economic Affairs Committee
  • Member, Economic Affairs Committee
  • Member, Committee on Drug Abuse
  • Member, Committee for Appointing Judges
  • Member, Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Bank Fees

Knesset Lobbies

Knesset 16

  • Member, Environmental Lobby
  • Member, Knesset Christian Allies Caucus

Knesset 17 

  • Chairman, Lobby for the War Against Road Accidents
  • Member, Social-Environmental Lobby
  • Member, Lobby for Ethiopian Immigrants
  • Member, The Lobby for Closing the Social Gaps
  • Member, Knesset Christian Allies Caucus
  • Member, Lobby for the Advancement of the Third Sector in Israel
  • Member, Lobby for Jerusalem

Parliamentary Groups

  • Knesset 16 - Likud
  • Knesset 17 - Likud
  • Knesset 18 - Likud

Public Activities

  • Chairman of  "Al Sam" (an association that deal with the drug problem)
  • Established and chaired the Lobby for Soldiers Missing in Action
  • Director General, Corporation for developing the institutionalization of the Center for Contractors and Builders
  • Advisor to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and director, department for public petitions of the Prime Minister`s Office (1996 - 1998)
  • Advisor to MK Ariel Sharon (1996)
  • Member, Israel Broadcast Authority General Assembly
  • Member, Directorate for the Youth Exchange Council
  • Chairman, Likud Youth



File downloads:
Acrobat document Interview with Gilad Erdan, Israel Environment Bulletin, Vol. 35, September 2009
(439KB) 



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