Education
He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, gaining an Bachelor of Laws.
He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, gaining an Bachelor of Laws.
Born in El Kelaa des Sraghna, Morocco in 1949, Dayan made aliyah to Israel in 1963. He became mayor of Ashkelon in 1978, a role he held until 1991. After Tami merged into Likud, Dayan joined the Labor Party, and in 1988 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list (of which the Labor Party was the major component).
He was re-elected in 1992, and was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister on 24 July 1995, replacing Yossi Beilin.
He held the position until losing his seat in the 1996 elections.