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Gideon Sa'ar (Hebrew: גדעון סער, born 9 December 1966 as Gideon Moses Serchanski) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud, and as the country's Minister of Education.
Born in Tel Aviv as Gideon Moses Serchanski, Sa'ar studied political science at Tel Aviv University after his national service, earning a BA, before gaining an LL.B from the same institution. He worked as an aide to the Attorney General between 1995 and 1997, and then as an aide to the State Attorney until 1998.
He worked as a secretary to the cabinet in 1999 and again from 2001-2 after Likud's Ariel Sharon won a special election for Prime Minister. In the 2003 elections he won a seat in the Knesset on Likud's list, and was appointed Likud Parliamentary Group Chairman. He was opposed to Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, and attempted to pass a bill demanding a referendum on the subject.
After retaining his seat in the 2006 elections he was reappointed Group Chairman and also became a deputy Knesset speaker.
Whilst in the Knesset, Sa'ar has proposed bills to jail employers who fire pregnant women, (he chairs the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women) and to ban cosmetics testing on animals.
In December 2008 Sa'ar won the Likud primaries for its list going into the 2009 elections, giving him second place on the Likud list after leader Binyamin Netanyahu. He retained his seat, and was appointed Minister of Education on 31 March.
