Zvi Hauser (Hebrew: צבי האוזר; born 5 July 1968) is an Israeli lawyer and public figure who served as the 17th cabinet secretary.
During this term he held a number of positions including: Deputy Speaker of the Knesset,[2] Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and Head of the Israel-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Association.
He attended Blich high school in Ramat Gan, where he served as the national chairman of the youth wing of the Tehiya Party.
Hauser enlisted as part of Israel's mandatory military service and served in the IDF's School of Leadership Development.
Following that he worked as the assistant to the chairman of the Board of Directors of the government-owned company Amidar; a provider of subsidized and rent-controlled housing.
The following year, he served as a Media Adviser to the Likud party and to the then-Chairman of the Opposition, Benjamin Netanyahu.
[3] From 2000 to 2009, Hauser worked in the private sector and became a law firm partner at Goldfarb Seligman & Co. in Tel Aviv.
At the same time, he continued his public service being a board member for several government owned companies including the Tel Aviv Port "Otzar Mif'aley Yam" and Mikve Israel.
From 2004 to 2009, he served as the director for the "Dori Media Group" (DMG), a traded company on the AIM London Stock Exchange.
In the background of the termination of Hauser's role as Cabinet Secretary was the complaint, he filled with Yoaz Hendel and Yohanan Locker about the actions of Natan Eshel, the prime minister's close confidant.
In the run-up to the 21st Knesset elections, Hauser joined Moshe Ya'alon and the Telem Party and was placed 14th on the Blue and White list.
[12] In June 2021, Hendel became Minister of Communications in Naftali Bennett's government and resigned his Knesset seat under the Norwegian Law.
For his work to strengthen the relationship between the countries, he was awarded the Japanese Foreign Minister's decoration for the year 2022—a decoration awarded to "individuals and groups with outstanding achievements in international fields, in order to acknowledge their contributions to the promotion of friendship between Japan and other countries and areas.