Michael Eitan
| Michael Eitan | |
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| Date of birth | 6 March 1944 |
| Place of birth | Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Knessets | 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1984–2013 | Likud |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1997–1998 | Minister of Science & Technology |
| 2009–2013 | Minister of Improvement of Government Services |
Michael Eitan (Hebrew: מיכאל איתן; born 6 March 1944) is an Israeli politician. A member of the Knesset for Likud from 1984 until 2013, he also served as Minister of Science & Technology between July 1997 and July 1998 and Minister of Improvement of Government Services from 2009 until 2013.
Born in Tel Aviv during the Mandate era, Eitan took legal studies at Tel Aviv University. He joined the Herut party, and was a chairman of its youth guard, before becoming a member of the party's central committee and chairman of its Ramat Gan branch.
He was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list (within which Herut was a faction until 1988) in 1984, and was re-elected in 1988, 1992 and 1996, becoming coalition chairman after the latter election, having been co-ordinator of the opposition between 1992 and 1996. In July 1997 he was appointed Minister of Science & Technology, but was replaced by Silvan Shalom in July the following year. He then served as a Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office until the 1999 elections. During the Knesset term he chaired its sub-committee on communication and information and helped establish the Knesset's website.
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