Dr. Yuval Steinitz (Hebrew: יובל שטייניץ‎, born 10 April 1958), is an Israeli philosopher, academic and politician who has been a Knesset member for Likud since 1999. The country's current Minister of Finance, he is most known for his expertise and uncompromising stance on security matters.

Steinitz grew up in Ramot HaShavim and did his national service as an infantry soldier in the Golani Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces and later as a reservist in the Alexandroni Brigade. His higher education began at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he obtained a Bachelors in Philosophy and subsequent Masters with honors, in the same field.

His doctoral thesis, entitled From A Rational Point of View was completed at the Cohen Institute for the Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University. Steinitz was given the Alon Scholarship for his work, which took him to the University of Haifa where he continued his research and quickly became a senior lecturer, a position he held until 1999 when he entered the Knesset.