Zebulun Orlev

(1945 - )


Zevulun Orlev was born in Israel in 1945. He studied Humanities and Social Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and teaching at Moreshet Yaakov College.

Orlev served in the past as Director General of the ministries of Religious Affairs and Education and Culture. He also served as Director General of the National Religious Party. A Member of Knesset since 1999, he served as Chairman of the Education and Culture Committee and as a member of the House and State Control Knesset Committees. In addition, he served on the Committee for Public Petitions, the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Violence in Sports, the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on the Issue of Water, and the Special Committee for School Dropout Rates.

In March 2003, Zevulun Orlev was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs.

He is married and has four children.


Source: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs