- Gideon Sa'ar
MKs
Date of birth = Birth date and age|1966|12|9|df=y
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Knesset(s) = 16th, 17th (current)
Party =Likud
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Gov't roles =Gideon Sa'ar ( _he. גדעון סער, born
9 December 1966 ) is anIsrael i politician and Member of theKnesset forLikud . He is currently a Deputy Speaker of the Knesset.Born in
Tel Aviv , Sa'ar studied political science atTel Aviv University after hisnational service , earning a BA, before gaining an LL.B from the same institution. He worked as an aide to the Attorney General between 1995 and 1997, and then as an aide to the State Attorney until 1998.He worked as a secretary to the cabinet in 1999 and again from 2001-2 after Likud's Ariel Sharon won a special election for Prime Minister. In the 2003 elections he won a seat in the Knesset on Likud's list, and was appointed Likud Parliamentary Group Chairman. He was opposed to
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan , and attempted to pass a bill demanding a referendum on the subject. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=554514&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y Likud faction adopts proposal facilitating passage of budget] Haaretz, 21 March 2005]After retaining his seat in the 2006 elections he was reappointed Group Chairman and also became a deputy Knesset speaker.
Whilst in the Knesset, Sa'ar has proposed bills to jail employers who fire pregnant women [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/791513.html Bill proposes 6-month jail term for firing pregnant employees] Haaretz, 22 November 2006] (he chairs the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women) and to ban cosmetics testing on animals. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/818673.html Ministerial committee approves bill banning animal testing for cosmetics] Haaretz, 28 January 2007]
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External links
* [http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=725 Gideon Sa'ar on the Knesset website (in English)]
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