Orly Levy

Orly Levy
Date of birth (1973-11-11) 11 November 1973
Place of birth Beit She'an, Israel
Knessets 18, 19, 20
Faction represented in Knesset
2009–2017 Yisrael Beiteinu
2017– Independent

Orly Levy-Abekasis (Hebrew: אורלי לוי-אבקסיס‎, born 11 November 1973) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as an independent member of the Knesset, having resigned from the Yisrael Beiteinu party in 2016.

Early life

Orly Levy was born on 11 November 1973 in Beit She'an, the ninth of twelve children[1] of Moroccan-born former Foreign Affairs Minister David Levy. She did her national service in the Israeli Air Force and later earned a law degree at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.[2][3]

Early in her career Orly Levy had also worked as a model and a local television host, before following her father into politics.[4]

Political career

For the 2009 elections, Levy was placed sixth on the Yisrael Beiteinu list,[5] and entered the Knesset after the party won fifteen seats. During her first term she served as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.[6] For the 2013 elections, Levy was placed 16th on the Likud Yisrael Beiteinu list and entered the Knesset after the party won 31 seats. She was reappointed Chair of the Committee of the Rights of the Child.[6] In January 2015 it was announced that she would be second on the Yisrael Beiteinu list for the March 2015 elections.[7] In May 2016, she announced she was quitting the Yisrael Beiteinu party due to the lack of attention to social affairs in the party's negotiations over joining the coalition government.[8] She officially became an independent MK on 15 March 2017.[9]

Due to leaving Yisrael Beiteinu during a Knesset term, Levy is limited by Knesset protocol from running for the next elections.[10] As a result, in March 2018 she announced plans to form a new party.[11]

Personal life

Levy is married and has four children. She lives in Kibbutz Mesilot.[3]

Her brother, Jackie Levy, served as mayor of Beit She'an[1][2] for the Likud.

References

  1. 1 2 מפתיעת הסקרים. Mishpacha (in Hebrew) (1354). April 26, 2018. p. 24.
  2. 1 2 Levy-Abecasis gets a boost as Shamir leaves Yisrael Beytenu
  3. 1 2 Orly Levi-Abekasis: Particulars Knesset website
  4. ↑ Peraino, Kevin (2009-02-07). "From a Catwalk to Knesset". Newsweek (Feb 16, 2009). Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  5. ↑ JTA Staff (February 2, 2009). "The party lists for Feb. 10". Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  6. 1 2 Orly Levi-Abekasis: Knesset Activities Knesset website
  7. ↑ Levy-Abecasis gets a boost as Shamir leaves Yisrael Beytenu The Jerusalem Post, 17 January 2015
  8. ↑ Harkov, Lahav (May 19, 2016). "Levy-Abecasis leaves Yisrael Beytenu amid coalition talks". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  9. ↑ Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset
  10. ↑ "Orly Levy-Abekasis announces new political party". Ynetnews. 3 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Yisrael Beytenu rebel announces formation of new party". The Times of Israel. 6 March 2018.
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