Nissim Dahan

Nissim Dahan (Hebrew: נסים דהן, born 7 May 1954) is an Israeli former politician who served as Minister of Health from 2001 until 2003.

He worked in the Ministry of Religious Affairs, becoming director of its organisations and institutions department.

He was re-elected in 1999, and was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance in Ehud Barak's government.

[2] He briefly left the portfolio on 23 May 2002 when Shas pulled out of the government again, but returned on 3 June.

He retained his seat in the 2003 elections and was appointed Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, but Shas were left out of the government and he lost his ministerial portfolio.