Dr. Yechiel M. Leiter has served in senior government positions in education, finance, and transportation. He previously served as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his former role as Minister of Finance. He also served as Associate Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Education. He has been a scholar at the Jerusalem Center, the Herzl Institute, and the Kohelet Policy Forum. He received his doctorate in political philosophy from the University of Haifa, and his post-doctorate study of John Locke and the Hebrew Bible was published by Cambridge University Press.