Adv. Dan Meridor was a Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI), where he headed the National Security and Democracy Project. He now continues to practice law.
Adv. Meridor was born in Jerusalem in 1947 and received his law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1971. An avid supporter of culture, Adv. Meridor served as Chairman of the Board of the Israel Museum, Member of the Board of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and Member of the Board of the Gesher Theatre.
Adv. Meridor served as Cabinet Secretary under Prime Ministers Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir from 1982-1984 and was first elected to the Knesset on the Likud list in 1984. During his tenure in the Knesset he served as Minister of Justice, 1988-1992 and Minister of Finance, 1996-1997. While promoting human rights legislation, Israel's first (and so far only) human rights constitutional laws were enacted during his term, creating the "constitutional revolution," which empowered the Supreme Court with judicial review over Knesset laws. He also served as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and sat on the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee and Ethics Committee.
Adv. Meridor and his wife Leora have four children and reside in Jerusalem.