Background
Ne'eman, Yaakov was born in 1939 in Tel Aviv.
Ne'eman, Yaakov was born in 1939 in Tel Aviv.
Bachelor of Laws, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1961—1964. Doctor of Juridical Science, New York University Law School, 1968.
Senior partner Herzog, Fox, & Neeman, Tel Aviv, since 1972. Director general, ministry finance Government Israel, Jerusalem, 1979—1981, minister justice, 1996, since 2009, minister finance, 1997—1998. Professor law Bar Ilan University, 1971—1976.
Visiting professor law University of California at Los Angeles, 1976, Tel Aviv University, 1977—1979, New York University, 1989—1990, Hebrew University, 1990, 1994.
Member of Hebrew University board trustees, El Al Ltd. (director 1979-1981), Committee for Atomic Energy, 1979-1981, central committee, World Bank, 1979-1981, board governors, Bank of Israel, 1977-1979, 1992-1996.
Married; 5 children.