Dan Meridor

Dan Meridor
דן מרידור
Meridor in 2007
Ministerial roles
1988–1992Minister of Justice
1996–1997Minister of Finance
2001–2003Minister without Portfolio
2009–2013Deputy Prime Minister
2009–2013Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy
Faction represented in the Knesset
1984–1999Likud
1999–2003Center Party
2009–2013Likud
Personal details
Born (1947-04-23) 23 April 1947 (age 77)
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine

Dan Meridor (Hebrew: דן מרידור, born 23 April 1947) is an Israeli politician and minister. A longtime member of the Likud party, in the late 1990s he became one of the founders of the Center Party. He rejoined Likud a decade later, and returned to the Knesset following the 2009 elections. Meridor served at various times as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy in the Israeli Cabinet. In 2014, Meridor succeeded Avi Primor as president of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, an institute of international affairs which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress.