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