Uriel Reichman
{{Short description|Israeli politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|7|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
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| office1 = Academic positions
| suboffice1 = President of the IDC Herzliya
| subterm1 = 1994–2005
| suboffice2 = President of the IDC Herzliya
| subterm2 = 2007–2021
| office3 = Faction represented in the Knesset
| suboffice3 = Kadima
| subterm3 = 2006
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Uriel Reichman ({{langx|he|אוריאל רייכמן}}; born 4 July 1942) is an Israeli legal scholar and former politician. In 1994 he established the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, later renamed Reichman University. He remained its president for 27 years and is currently chair of its board of directors. He also briefly served as a member of the Knesset in 2006 for Kadima.
Biography
Uriel Reichman was born in Tel Aviv during the Mandate era to Gerda and Alfred who had fled Nazi Germany.[http://www.urielreichman.com/about/ About Prof. Uriel Reichman] Uriel Reichman After attending elementary school in Ramat Gan and Tichon Hadash high school in Tel Aviv, during which he was a member of the Scouts and Maccabi Ramat Gan football club, he started his national service in the Israel Defence Forces, serving in the Paratroopers Brigade and reaching the rank of lieutenant. He then studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he was taught by Aharon Barak,[https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000538411 Prof. Reichman: "The IDC's image as a 'northern' school is wrong"] Globes, 12 February 2010 earning an LLB in 1967 and an LLM in 1972. He was called up for reserve duty during the Six-Day War in 1967, the War of Attrition (1967–1970) and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, during which his brother Gad was killed. After his brother's death, Reichman was transferred to a non-combat unit, becoming president of a military tribunal and attaining the rank of major. In 1975 he earned a JSD by the University of Chicago.
Legal and academic career
In the mid-1980s Reichman initiated and headed a team that formulated a proposed Constitution of Israel. The proposal included, among other things, the idea of direct election to the premiership.
Between 1985 and 1990 he worked as a lecturer, senior lecture and dean of the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University, before becoming dean of Ramot Mishpat. In 1990 he established the Ramot Mishpat Law School.[http://www.jewishagency.org/executive-members/uriel-reichman Uriel Reichman] Jewish Agency In 1994 he established the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, and has served as the organisation's president since its founding (with the exception of the period in 2006 when he was a Member of the Knesset).[https://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/1.1547270 Reichman leaves politics - and returns to IDC Herzliya] Haaretz, 2 November 2011 Reichman retired from the presidency in 2021.[https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/the-legacy-of-prof-uriel-riechman-and-idc-herzliya-678986 The legacy of Prof. Uriel Reichman], Jerusalem Post
Reichman has served on the board of directors of the First International Bank and Bank Hapoalim. He also has chaired the Israel Bar Association's Committee for Human Rights, headed and served as a member of several public committees, and proposed reforms in the real-estate laws and in the professions of real-estate surveying and brokerage.
Political career
A founder of Shinui,{{cite news |author=Lily Galili |author2=Assaf Carmel |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/shinui-looking-to-founder-reichman-and-yaakov-kedmi-1.62782 |title=Shinui looking to founder Reichman and Yaakov Kedmi |newspaper=Haaretz |date=22 January 2006 |access-date=13 January 2014}} Reichman was elected to head the party's presidium in 2004. However, in November 2005 he left the party to join Ariel Sharon's new Kadima party. For the 2006 elections he was placed eleventh on Kadima's list, and became a Knesset member when the party won 29 seats. However, he resigned his seat on 28 April 2006 in protest at not being given the Education portfolio (which went to Yuli Tamir of the Labor Party), which he claimed he had been promised by both Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert.{{cite news |author=Mazal Mualem |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/reichman-leaves-kadima-and-politics-olmert-broke-promise-sharon-made-1.185911 |title=Reichman leaves Kadima and politics; 'Olmert broke promise Sharon made' |newspaper=Haaretz |date=20 April 2006 |access-date=13 January 2014}} He was replaced by Shai Hermesh.
Awards and recognitions
In 2000 Reichman was made a "Knight of Quality Government" by the Movement for Quality Government.[http://www.mqg.org.il/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F2000.aspx Knights of Quality of Government 2000] Movement for Quality Government He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Heinrich Heine University in 2010. In 2015 he received the annual Israel Bar Association prize.[http://afidc.org/news_post/professor-uriel-reichman-receives-the-israel-bar-association-award/ Uriel Reichman receives the Israel Bar Association award] American Friends of IDC In 2018 Reichman was given the Robert and JoAnn Bendetson Public Diplomacy Award by the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University.[https://www.idc.ac.il/en/whatsup/pages/prestigious_tufts_university_award.aspx Prestigious Tufts University awards Prof. Uriel Reichman with the Public Diplomacy Award] IDC Herzilya
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External links
- [http://www.urielreichman.com/en/ Official website]
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Category:Academic staff of Tel Aviv University
Category:Academic staff of Reichman University
Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni
Category:Members of the 17th Knesset (2006–2009)
Category:Politicians from Tel Aviv