URIEL LYNN President, Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce Member of the Board of Eurochambres (Association of European Chambers of Commerce & Industry) 84 Hahashmonaim Street, Tel-Aviv 67132, Tel: 972-3-563 1003/4 Fax: 972-3-561 9025, E-mail: iritg@chamber.org.il
EDUCATION MASTER JURIS, HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM. MASTER IN LAW, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. GOVERNMENT POSITIONS DIRECTOR OF THE ISRAELI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY FOR NORTH AMERICA. GOVERNOR OF STATE REVENUE (Lynn instituted during the term of his office a far-reaching reform in the Israeli tax system: embodying changes such as canceling the inheritance tax, property tax, capital gain on residential apartments and many of the items in the then existing purchase tax). DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PAST MEMBER OF THE KNESSET (THE ISRAELI PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN OF THE ENERGY COMMITTEE. CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR ROAD SAFETY. CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSTITUTION, LAW AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE. UNDER LYNN’S CHAIRMANSHIP A BREAKTHROUGH WAS ACHIEVED IN PASSING A PACKAGE OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS CHANGING THE ISRAELI DEMOCRATIC AND POLITICAL SYSTEM AND DEFINING BASIC HUMAN FREEDOMS. THE MOST POPULAR ARE BASIC LAW: HUMAN FREEDOM AND DIGNITY AND BASIC LAW: FREEDOM OF OCCUPATION WHICH FORM TOGETHER CENTRAL PART OF THE ISRAELI BILL OF RIGHTS. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE LAW PRACTICE AS TRIAL ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR. LEGAL ADVISER AND SECRETARY OF ATA TEXTILE CO. GENERAL MANAGER OF JERUSALEM JERSEY LTD. MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF MANY LEADING ISRAELI COMPANIES,INCLUDING: THE ISRAELI ELECTRIC CO.
ZIM, THE NATIONAL NAVIGATION CO. ISRAEL CHEMICAL LTD.
THE ISRAELI PETROCHEMICAL ENTERPRISES
THE ISRAELI OIL REFINERIES LTD. AT THE PRESENT HAVING HIS OWN LAW FIRM: SPECIALIZING IN GOVERNMENT AND ARBITRATION. PRESIDENT, LYNN NETWORK LTD. WHICH IS ALSO THE HOLDING CO. OF LYNN BICHLER LTD. BOARD MEMBER OF TWO MAJOR COMPANIES. ADDITIONS LYNN ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE LAST 30 YEARS ARTICLES IN ALL MAJOR ISRAELI NEWSPAPERS: "HA’ARETZ", "JERUSALEM POST", "YEDIOT AHARONOT", "MA’ARIV" AND "GLOBES" ON ECONOMIC AND LEGAL SUBJECTS. HOLDS THE DECORATION OF THE ISRAELI ‘KNIGHT FOR QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE (THE LEGISLATOR)". AUSTRIAN PRESIDENTIAL DECORATION "THE GROSSE GOLDENE".
