Uzi Landau
| Uzi Landau | |
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| Date of birth | 2 August 1943 |
| Place of birth | Haifa, Mandatory Palestine |
| Knessets | 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1984–2006 | Likud |
| 2009–2015 | Yisrael Beiteinu |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 2001–2003 | Minister of Public Security |
| 2003–2004 | Minister in the Prime Minister's Office |
| 2009–2013 | Minister of Energy and Water |
| 2013–2015 | Minister of Tourism |
Uzi Landau (Hebrew: עוזי לנדאו, born 2 August 1943) is an Israeli politician and systems analyst. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1984 and 2006, and for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2009 and 2015. He also held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Public Security, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Minister of Energy and Water Resources and Minister of Tourism.
Landau was born in Haifa during the Mandate era. He served in the Paratroopers Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, and reached the rank of Major. He gained a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the Technion in mathematics, and a Ph.D. in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked at the Technion, was director-general of the Israel Ministry of Transport and also a member of the board of El Al.
In 1984 he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list, and during his first term he chaired the Subcommittee for Soviet Jewry. He retained his seat in the 1988 elections, after which he became chair of the Subcommittee for the Defense budget. Re-elected in 1992, 1996 and 1999, he served as chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee from 1996 until 1999, when he became chairman of the State Control Committee.
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