Nitzan Horowitz

Nitzan Horowitz
ניצן הורוביץ
Ministerial roles
2021–2022Minister of Health
Faction represented in the Knesset
2009–2015Meretz
2019–2020Democratic Union
2020–2022Meretz
Personal details
Born (1965-02-24) 24 February 1965 (age 59)
Rishon LeZion, Israel

Nitzan Horowitz (Hebrew: ניצן הורוביץ; Transliterated: Niṣṣān Hôrôvīṣ; born 24 February 1965) is a politician and former journalist who served as Israel's Minister of Health from 2021 to 2022. He is the former leader of Meretz. He previously was the chief U.S. correspondent and commentator for the Israeli News Company, known as Channel 2 News.

He served two full terms in the Knesset (2009–2015) on the Meretz list. Before being elected to the Knesset, he was the Foreign Affairs commentator and head of the International desk at Hadashot 10, the news division of Channel 10. In 2013, he ran for mayor of Tel Aviv. In June 2019, he won the Meretz leadership election, and served as the Minister of Health. In July 2022, he announced that he would step down as Meretz's leader.