Dan Naveh

Dan Naveh (Hebrew: דן נוה‎, born June 21, 1960) is a former member of the Israeli Knesset for the Likud party, and a former minister in the Israeli government. He is the founder and the managing general partner of Agate Medical Investments and the chairman of Clal insurance.

Early career

Born Dan Mannheim in Bnei Brak, Naveh attended the Nativ Meir yeshiva run by Bnei Akiva. In 1985 he graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with an LLB, and was certified as a lawyer in 1986. He was an adviser to Minister Moshe Arens (1986–1992) when Arens was a Minister without Portfolio (1986–1987), the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1988–1990), and Minister of Defense (1990–1992). Shortly afterwards he was appointed as editor of foreign news in the Haaretz newspaper.

Naveh was Israel's Cabinet Secretary in the years 1996–1999. In those years he was the chairman of the Israeli Steering Committee for the negotiations with the Palestinians, and played a central role in the Wye River Memorandum and the Hebron Protocol.