A systems analyst by profession, Landau holds Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Technion in Haifa.
Member of the Board of Si'ah Vasig - Israel Debating Society
Since 1984 he has been a Member of Knesset.
Positions held in 11th Knesset:
- Member, Economic Affairs Committee; State Control Committee; Immigration & Absorption Committee; Chairman, Sub-committee for Soviet Jewry
12th Knesset:
Chairman, Defense Budget Sub-committee
Member, Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee; Economic Affairs Committee; Constitution, Law & Justice Committee; Chairman, Knesset Delegation to the European Parliament; Chairman, Likud's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee; Member, Israeli Delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference
13th Knesset:
Member, Economic Affairs Committee; State Control Committee; Committee on the Ministry of Defense and the IDF; Chairman, Sub-committee of the State Control; Member, Knesset Delegation to the Council of Europe; Chairman, Likud's Policy Committee
14th Knesset:
Chairman, Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee; Chairman, Likud's Policy Committee
15th Knesset:
Chairman, The State Control Committee
Uzi Landau served as Minister of Public Security from March 2001 to February 2002, and as Minister without Portfolio from February 2002 until October 2004.
He is married, and has three children.