Facts: - minister: minister minister of justice minister of education , culture & sport of minister of housing & construction minister of the interior finance minister of justice minister of transportation - image: meir sheetrit 2009.jpg - party: likud kadima hatnuah - ministeryears: 1998 2006 2006 2006 -- 2007 2007 -- 2009 -- 1999 2001 -- 2003 2004 -- 2006 - birth date: 10 october 1948 - partyyears: 1981 -- 2005 2005 -- 2012 2012 -- 2015 - birth place: ksar es souk , morocco Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of meir sheetrit .
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meir sheetrit -lrb- , born 10 october 1948 -rrb- is an israeli politician .he served as a member of the knesset in two spells for likud between 1981 and 1988 , and again from 1992 until 2005 , when he joined kadima .he remained a knesset member for kadima until joining hatnuah in 2012 , for whom he served until 2015 .he also held several ministerial posts , including being minister of the interior , minister of housing & construction , minister of finance , minister of justice , minister of transportation and minister of education , culture & sport .