Silvan Shalom
(1958- )
Silvan Shalom was born in Tunisia
in 1958 and immigrated to Israel in 1959. He holds a degrees in Economics
(B.A.) and Accounting (C.P.A.) from Ben-Gurion University, as well as
a law degree (L.L.B.) and an M.A. in Public Policy from Tel
Aviv University. He is a journalist by profession.
| 1990 |
Director-General of
the Ministry of Energy |
| 1990-1992 |
Chairman of the Board
of the Israel Electric Company |
| 1992-1993 |
Deputy Chairman of
the Public Council of Youth Exchange |
| 1992 |
Elected to the Knesset
as a member of the Likud
party |
| 1992-1996 |
Member of the Knesset
Committee on Economic Affairs; Finance; State Control; Status
of Women
Chairman of the Knesset Committee on Energy; Sub-committee on
Capital Markets |
| 1996-1997 |
Member of the Knesset
Committee on Economic Affairs; Finance; State Control; Status
of Women; Constitution, Law and Justice
Chairman of the Knesset Committee on Energy
Deputy Chairman of the Knesset Sub-committee on Capital Markets |
| 1997-1998 |
Deputy Minister of
Defense |
| 1998-1999 |
Minister of Science
(until July) |
| 1999-2001 |
Member Knesset Foreign
Affairs & Defense Committee; Education and Culture Committee;
Joint Committee for the Defense Budget; Special Legislative
Committee for Not Renewing the Emergency Situation |
| 2001-2003 |
Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister |
In February 2003, Silvan Shalom was appointed Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
Silvan Shalom has served as a member of the Executive
of the Broadcasting Authority and of the Board of the Israel Airport
Authority, as well as an advisor to the ministers of Finance, Economy
and Planning and Justice. He has published articles in daily newspapers.
He is married and the father of five.
Source: Israeli
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
