Gilad Erdan | |
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Date of birth | 30 September 1970 |
Place of birth | Ashkelon, Israel |
Knessets | 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
Faction represented in Knesset | |
2003– | Likud |
Ministerial roles | |
2009–2013 | Minister of Environmental Protection |
2013–2014 | Minister of Communications |
2013–2014 | Home Front Defense Minister |
2014–2015 | Minister of Internal Affairs |
2015– | Minister of Public Security |
2015– | Strategic Affairs Minister of Israel |
2015– | Minister of Information |
Gilad Menashe Erdan (Hebrew: גִּלְעָד מְנַשֶּׁה אֶרְדָן, born 30 September 1970) is an Israeli politician who serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud and the Minister of Public Security, Strategic Affairs and Minister of Information. He formerly held the posts of Minister of Environmental Protection, Minister of Communications, Home Front Defense Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs.
Gilad Menashe Erdan was born in Ashkelon. He attained the rank of Captain during his military service in the Adjutant Corps of the IDF. After being discharged from the army, he studied Law at Bar-Ilan University, gaining an LL.B, and started working as an attorney. Erdan lives in Savyon and is married with four children.
Erdan worked as an advisor to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and was director of the Department for Public Petitions to the Prime Minister's office between 1996 and 1998. He also worked as an advisor to Likud MK Ariel Sharon in the 1990s.