Yuval Steinitz, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Israeli Minister of Finance
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“The government’s position is very clear, and I support it: We do support [a] two states for two peoples solution… We are ready to make painful concessions on two conditions: that there will be peace and security.”
Raphael Ahren, “This Government Is in Favor of Two States for Two Peoples,” Times of Israel, May 28, 2013
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Israeli Minister of Finance, 2009-present
- Co-chair, Joint Congress-Knesset Security Committee, 2003-present
- Likud Party Member, Israeli Knesset, 1999-present
- President, Association for the Public’s Right to Know, 1999-2004
- Senior Lecturer, Philosophy Department, Haifa University, 1993-1999
- Served as member and chairman of the Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, and as member of the Constitution, Law and Justice, and the Science and Technology Committees
- Chaired the Committee for the Examination of the Intelligence Services Following the War in Iraq
- Education:
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- PhD, Philosophy of Science, Tel Aviv University, 1993
- MA, Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Other:
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- Received the Alon Prize for PhD Students in 1993
- Married to Gila Canfy-Steinitz, a judge on the Jerusalem District Court