Zion Silvan Shalom (Hebrew: ציון סילבן שלום, born 4 August 1958) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1992 and 2015.

At the age of 18, Shalom was inducted into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and rose to the rank of sergeant.

After completing his service in the IDF, Shalom attended Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, from which he received a BA in economics and earned his certification as a Certified Public Accountant.

His bill increased awareness about the problem and, as a result, Israeli colleges were established to expand access to academic studies.

One of his biggest achievements was enabling Hareidi Jews to serve in the army, a step that they had been avoiding for decades.

After Labor gained power in 1999 and following Netanyahu's resignation, Shalom became number one on the Likud list and became part of the opposition led by Ariel Sharon.

Shalom was the runner-up to Netanyahu for party leadership in December 2005[10] and was granted the second spot on the Likud list to the 2006 general election and thus did not compete in its 11 January 2006 primaries.

In January 2010, he asked Pope Benedict XVI to open the wartime archives of the papacy of Pius XII.

The visit was controversial, as the United Arab Emirates did not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel and no Israeli leaders had traveled there since the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in 2010.

The police investigation was closed several months later by the Attorney General, Yehuda Weinstein, since the statute of limitations had already passed.

One woman said she was once summoned to a Jerusalem hotel room where Shalom was staying, only to find him waiting for her on the bed, wearing nothing but a bathrobe.

[18] In late 2015, new allegations were made by women, triggering Shalom's announcement on 21 December that he would withdraw from public life and resign.

[21] On 3 July 2016, a group of Members of Knesset and party activists began efforts to bring Shalom back into politics.