- Tamar Gozansky
MKs
Date of birth =3 October 1940
Place of birth =Petah Tikva , Mandate Palestine
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Date of death =
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Knesset(s) = 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
Party =Hadash
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Gov't roles =Tamar Gozansky ( _he. תמר גוז'נסקי, also spelt Tamar Gozhansky, born
3 October 1940 ) is anIsrael i politician.Background
Born in
Petah Tikva during the Mandate era to a Russian family, Gozansky studied inRussia , gaining an MSc inEconomics from Leningrad State University. She later worked as an economist.Political career
Gozansky joined Maki (the Israeli Communist Party), the major part of the
Hadash alliance. She entered theKnesset in July 1990 as a replacement for veteran Hadash MKTawfik Toubi and retained her seat in the 1992, after which she chaired the Knesset's joint committee on early childhood.She was re-elected in 1996, and again chaired the joint committee on early childhood. Following a third re-election in 1999 she became chairwoman of the committee on the rights of the child and the special committee for school dropout rates
However, she lost her place in the Knesset in the 2003 election when the party was reduced to two seats.
Bibliography
*"Economic Independence - How?" (1969)
*"The Development of Capitalism in Palestine" (1988)External links
* [http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?ID=31 Tamar Gozansky on the Knesset website (in English)]
* [http://www.batshalom.org/ Bat Shalom (Daughter of Peace)]
* [http://www.maki.org.il/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=79&Itemid=106 Official Maki website]
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