Leah Fadida
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Date of birth | 6 September 1968 |
Place of birth | Haifa, Israel |
Knessets | 20 |
Faction represented in Knesset | |
2017– | Zionist Union |
Leah Fadida Ben Sheetrit (Hebrew: לאה פדידה, born 6 September 1968) is an Israeli politician. She is currently a member of the Knesset for the Zionist Union.
Biography
Fadida was born in Haifa; her mother was an immigrant from Romania and her father was an immigrant from Morocco. She grew up in the Hativat Carmeli neighbourhood of Haifa.[1] She studied for a BA in social science at the Open University of Israel before gaining a master's degree in public policy at Tel Aviv University.[2] She also studied wilderness management at the University of Montana and worked for the forestry section of the Jewish National Fund in northern Israel.[2][1] She went on to become director of the JNF's public relations department.[3] In the late 1990s she was elected to Yokneam Illit City Council,[1] serving as deputy mayor from 2002 until 2017.[3]
A member of the Labor Party, Fadida was placed 32nd on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset elections,[4] but failed to win a seat. Prior to the 2015 Knesset elections she was placed 27th on the list of the Zionist Union, an alliance of Labor and Hatnuah.[5] Although the alliance won only 24 seats, Fadida entered the Knesset on 6 October 2017 as a replacement for Erel Margalit,[6] who returned to the business world after losing the party leadership election to Avi Gabbay.[7]
Fadida is married with two children and lives in Yokneam Illit.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 The mother who made a change in Yokneam wants to enter the Knesset NRG, 14 November 2012
- 1 2 3 Leah Fadida: Particulars Knesset
- 1 2 Leah Fadida: Public Activities Knesset
- ↑ Michaeli, Bar-Lev and Shapir in the top ten; 6 women in the top 20 places Haaretz, 30 November 2012
- ↑ Zionist Union list Central Elections Commission
- ↑ Replacements Among Knesset Members Knesset
- ↑ Labor MK Margalit quits Knesset, in second party resignation in week Times of Israel, 3 October 2017
External links
- Leah Fadida on the Knesset website