Ze'ev Boim

MKs


Date of birth = Birth date and age|1943|4|30|df=y
Year of Aliyah =
Date of death =
Knesset(s) = 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th (current)
Party = Kadima
Former parties = Likud
Gov't roles = Minister of Housing & Construction
Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Minister of Agriculture &

Rural Development

Ze'ev Boim ( _he. זאב בוים, born 30 April 1943) is an Israeli politician. Formerly a member of Likud, he joined Ariel Sharon's new Kadima at the end of 2005, and was made Minister of Housing and Construction and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. After the 2006 elections, Ehud Olmert appointed him Minister of Immigrant Absorption, before moving him back to the Housing and Construction Ministry in July 2007.

Boim served as a company commander in the IDF Armored Corps. He was originally a teacher by profession, and has a BA in History and Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was principal of the Comprehensive High School in Kiryat Gatand has served as an educational emissary to Mexico.

He served in the past as mayor of Kiryat Gat, as well as Chairman of the Municipal Environmental Quality Association of Ashkelon District; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Economic Company of Kiryat Gat; and Chairman of the Directorate of the Inter Regional Industrial Park of Kiryat Gat and the Lachish Region.

He has been a Knesset Member since 1996, serving in the 14th Knesset as Likud whip, head of the Negev Lobby, and head of the Knesset Delegation to the Annual Dialogue between Israel and the European Parliament. In the 15th Knesset he served as coalition and Likud faction chairman. He has served on the following committees: Education and Culture; Finance; Internal Affairs and Environment; Constitution, Law, and Justice; Foreign Affairs and Defense; House; Immigration Absorption; Foreign Workers.

In the 16th Knesset, he served as Deputy Minister of Defense from March 2003 until January 2006, and as Minister of Housing and Construction and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from January-May 2006.

He is married and has three children, and lives in Kiryat Gat.

References

* [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2003/3/Ze-ev+Boim.htm Ze'ev Boim] Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website