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David Libai Date of birth October 22, 1934 Place of birth Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine Knessets 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th Party Labour Party Former parties Alignment Ministerial posts
(current in bold)Minister of Justice
Minister of InteriorDavid Libai (Hebrew: דוד ליבאי, born 22 October 1934) is an Israeli jurist and former politician.
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Biography
Libai was born in Tel Aviv in 1934, where he attended Ironi Alef high school. He studied law at the Hebrew University within the academic reserve program of the IDF. He received his MA from the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law in Tel Aviv University (where he served as Dean of Students) and his PhD from University of Chicago school of law. He served as deputy chief military prosecutor and was discharged as a major.[1][2]
He began his professional career in the office of Minister of Justice Pinchas Rosen, in charge of the amnesty department and as spokesman for the Ministry. In 1960 he was certified as a lawyer. He was appointed chief assistant to attorney-general Colin Gillon and chief prosecutor of the state workers' disciplinary court.[2]
In 1964 he opened a private law office. In 1977 he became chairman of the Labour Party's constitution committee.[2] From 1983 to 1985 he was head of the Israeli Bar. He has also been a member of the National inquiry commission on prison conditions, member of the Press Council, and chairman of the Israel-Britain Parliamentary Friendship Association. He is an associate professor at Tel Aviv University and the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center.[1]
In 1984 he was elected to the eleventh Knesset for the Alignment. In the eleventh and twelfth he was chairman of the State Control Committee and a member of the House, Constitution and Law and Justice Committee (of which he was also a member in the fourteenth Knesset). During his tenure the State Control Committee appointed the Beisky commission to investigate the bank stock crisis of 1983.[2]
After he was elected to the thirteenth Knesset for the Labour Party, he was appointed Minister of Justice by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He also held this position under Shimon Peres, following Rabin's assassination. For a brief period in 1995 he was also Interior Minister. As Minister of Justice, he initiated three national inquiry commissions: concerning the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre, the Yemenite children affair, and the assassination of Rabin. He resigned from the Knesset in 1996.[2]
In 2006 he represented former Comverse Technology CEO Kobi Alexander.[3] He also represented former Israeli President Moshe Katsav against rape charges, but later resigned as Katsav's attorney, claiming he had taken the case only when he believed it was a blackmail attempt.[4][5]
He is the recipient of the Pinchas Rosen Award for his legal studies. In 2005 he also received an ethics awards from Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni.[6]
Libai is married and is the father of Daniel and Daphne.[2]
Publications
- Libai, David (1978). Imprisonment law. Jerusalem: Shocken. (Hebrew)
References
- ^ a b "David Libai". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2001-04-17. http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/4/David%20Libai. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ a b c d e f "David Libay, Law Office". nfc. 2005-01-21. http://www.nfc.co.il/Archive/008-D-71-00.html?tag=22-34-17. Retrieved 2008-06-10. (Hebrew)
- ^ Ben-Yair, Arnon (2006-10-03). "David Libai: Kobi Alexander did not return to the US because he panicked". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArt.jhtml?more=1&itemNo=769846&contrassID=1&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=0. Retrieved 2008-06-11. (Hebrew)
- ^ Yoaz, Yuval (2007-01-24). "Katsav attorney: President will fulfill promise, suspend himself". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/816955.html. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ Yoaz, Yuval (2007-02-04). "Avigdor Feldman chosen to replace Libai as Katsav lawyer". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/821658.html. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ "Ethics awards to David Libai". Arutz Sheva. 2005-10-26. http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/127792. Retrieved 2008-06-11. (Hebrew)
External links
- David Libai Knesset website
- "Prof. David Libai & Co. profile". Dun's 100 2007. http://duns100.dundb.co.il/2007/533596607/index.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
Justice Ministers of Israel 
Rosen (1948-51) · Yosef (1951-52) · Cohn (1952) · Rosen (1952-56) · Ben-Gurion (1956-58) · Rosen (1958-61) · Yosef (1961-66) · Shapira (1966-72) · Meir (1972) · Shapira (1972-73) · Meir (1973-74) · Zadok (1974-77) · Begin (1977) · Tamir (1977-80) · Nissim (1980-86) · Moda'i (1986) · Sharir (1986-88) · Meridor (1988-92) · Libai (1992-96) · Ne'eman (1996) · Netanyahu (1996) · Hanegbi (1996-99) · Beilin (1999-2001) · Sheetrit (2001-2003) · Lapid (2003-04) · Livni (2004-06)* · Ramon (2006) · Sheetrit (2006)* · Olmert (2006)* · Livni (2006-07) · Friedmann (2007-09) · Ne'eman (2009-)
* entire or partial tenure as Substitute Justice Minister, until a replacement was found Internal Affairs Ministers of Israel Gruenbaum (1948-49) · Shapira (1949-52) · Rokach (1952-55) · Shapira (1955) · Bar-Yehuda (1955-59) · Shapira (1959-70) · Meir (1970) · Burg (1970-74) · Hillel (1974) · Burg (1974-76) · Hillel (1977) · Burg (1977-84) · Peres (1984) · Peretz (1984-87) · Shamir (1987-88) · Deri (1988-93) · Rabin (1993) · Deri (1993) · Rabin (1993-95) · Baram (1995) · Libai (1995) · Barak (1995) · Ramon (1995-96) · Suissa (1996-99) · Sharansky (1999-2000) · Ramon (2000-01) · Yishai (2001-02) · Sharon (2002) · Yishai (2002-03) · Poraz (2003-04) · Pines-Paz (2005) · Sharon (2004-06) · Bar-On (2006-07) · Sheetrit (2007-09)) · Yishai (from 2009)Categories:- Government ministers of Israel
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- 1934 births
- Living people
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- Israeli Labor Party politicians
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