 Three months later he lost his seat following the May 1996 elections.For the 2003 elections he was placed 20th on the Likud list, and entered the Knesset when the party won 38 seats.Whilst an MK he served as a member of several committees; the House Committee, the Finance Committee, the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, the Public Petitions Committee, and was a member of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee for Uncovering Corruption in the Government System.