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Orit Zuaretz Date of birth 21 February 1967 Place of birth Soviet Union Year of aliyah 1971 Knessets 18th Party Kadima Orit Zuaretz (Hebrew: אורית זוארץ, born 21 February 1967) is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Kadima.
Biography
Born Svetlana Czerniak in the Soviet Union, Zuaretz made aliyah to Israel in 1971. She gained a BA in Social Science studied towards an MA in the New Age Middle East.
She was elected onto the Tzoran-Kadima local council in 2003, serving as the town's deputy mayor until 2006. She also served as a member of the Jewish Agency Directors Forum for Russian-speaking elected representatives.
Prior to the 2009 elections she was placed twenty-eighth on the Kadima list, and entered the Knesset when the party won 28 seats.
Zuaretz lives in Tzoran-Kadima and is married with three children.
External links
- Orit Zuaretz Knesset website
Current members of the Knesset Governing coalition (ministers in bold) Likud Yisrael Beiteinu Shas Independence United Torah Judaism The Jewish Home Hershkowitz - Orlev - OrbakhOpposition parties Kadima Labor Party Hadash National Union United Arab List-Ta'al New Movement – Meretz Gilon - Horowitz - Gal-OnBalad Whole Nation Categories:- 1967 births
- Living people
- Israeli women in politics
- Kadima politicians
- Members of the Knesset
- Soviet Jews
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