At the end of a short but eventful election campaign, elected officials will enter the gates of the Jerusalem House of Representatives on April 6 • 17 of them will be sworn in for the first time • 30 women will serve • Special project: everything you need to know about the MKs
2021 Elections - The Final Line:
After the publication of the results of the truth, it is possible to get a snapshot of the 120 elected officials who will enter the gates of the Knesset on April 6 and begin their duties.
17 of them will serve for the first time.
A quarter of the 24 (30) Knesset members are women.
"Israel Today" makes an order and presents the MKs.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Age:
71
Place of residence:
Jerusalem, Caesarea
Profession:
Served as Israel's Ambassador to the UN. Prime Minister for five terms
2. July Edelstein
Age:
62
Residence:
Herzliya
Profession:
Language teacher.
the minister of Health
3. Israel Katz
Age:
65
Residence:
Kfar Ahim
Profession:
Farmer.
Minister of Finance
4. Miri Regev
Age:
55
Place of residence:
Rosh HaAyin
Profession:
Served as Chief Censor and IDF Spokeswoman. Minister of Transportation
5. Yariv Levin
Age:
51
Place of residence:
Modi'in
Profession:
Lawyer.
Speaker of the Knesset
6. Yoav Galant
Age:
62
Residence:
Amikam
Profession:
Reserve officer.
Served as Commander of the Southern Command.
Minister of education
7. Nir Barkat
Age:
61
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Entrepreneur and high-tech investor.
Served as Mayor of Jerusalem
8. Gila Gamliel
Age:
47
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Served as chair of the student union. Minister of Environmental Protection
9. Avi Dichter
Age:
68
Residence:
Ashkelon
Profession:
Served as head of the GSS. Minister and former deputy minister
10. Galit Distel-Atbrian
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
50
Residence:
Pine Village
Profession:
Writer and publicist
11. Haim Katz
Age:
73
Residence:
Shoham
Profession:
Electronics technician.
Served as Chairman of the IAI Workers' Association. Former Minister
12. Eli Cohen
Age:
48
Residence:
Holon
Profession:
Accountant.
Minister of Intelligence
13. Tzachi Hanegbi
Age:
64
Place of residence:
Mevaseret Zion
Profession:
Lawyer.
Served as Chairman of the Student Union. Minister of Settlement
14. Ophir Akunis
Age:
47
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Minister of Regional Cooperation
15. Yuval Steinitz
Age:
62
Place of residence:
Mevaseret Zion
Profession:
Dr. of Philosophy. Minister of Energy
16. David Amsalem
Age:
60
Residence:
Ma'ale Adumim
Profession:
Economist.
The Minister of Digital and the Minister of Liaison between the Government and the Knesset
17. Gadi Yabarkan
Age:
40
Residence:
Streets
Profession:
Served as head of a pre-military preparatory school.
Deputy Minister of Internal Security
18. Amir Ohana
Age:
45
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Lawyer.
Minister of Internal Security
19. Ofir Katz
Age:
40
Place of residence:
Afula
Profession:
Served as Adviser to the Minister of Culture and as Adviser and Chief of Staff to the Minister of Internal Security
20. Etti Atiyah
Age:
61
Residence:
Ramat Gan
Profession:
Served as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Labor and Welfare
21. Yoav Kish
Age:
52
Residence:
Ramat Gan
Profession:
fighter pilot.
Deputy Minister of Health
22. David Bitan
Age:
60
Place of residence:
Rishon Lezion
Profession:
Served as Deputy Mayor of Rishon Lezion
23. The Barak Foundation
Age:
48
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Served as a parliamentary advisor and managed a company for strategic consulting and government relations.
Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
24. Shlomo Krai
Age:
38
Residence:
Singer
Profession:
Accountant
25. Mickey Glow
Age:
40
Place of residence:
Kiryat Gat
Profession:
Served as Deputy Mayor of Kiryat Gat.
Coalition Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
26. Orly Levy-Abacus
Age:
47
Residence:
Reshafim
Profession:
Communication woman.
Minister for Community Strengthening and Advancement
27. Katie Sheetrit
Age:
61
Place of residence:
Beit Shemesh
Profession:
Teacher.
Served as VP of Business Development at the Venture Capital Fund and Chief of Staff to the Minister of Education and the Minister of Transportation
28. Ophir Sofer
Age:
46
Place of residence:
Tefahot
Profession:
Reserve officer
29. Patin filled
Age:
60
Place of residence:
Yarka
Profession:
Retired officer, managed a branch of the National Insurance Institute
May 30 Golan
Age:
34
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Association director and journalist
1. Yair Lapid
Age:
57
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Journalist.
Leader of the Opposition. Former Minister
2. Orna Barbibai
Age:
58
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Reserve officer.
She served as the head of the ACA
3. Meir Cohen
Age:
65
Residence:
Dimona
Profession:
Served as Mayor of Dimona.
Former Minister
4. Karin Elharar
Age:
43
Place of residence:
Rishon Lezion
Profession:
Ink editor
5. Meirav Cohen
Age:
37
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Served as a member of the Jerusalem City Council and CEO of the Public Trust Organization. Former Sarah
6. Joel Rezbozov
Age:
40
Place of residence:
Netanya
Profession:
Judoka.
Served as a member of the Netanya City Council
7. Lazarus Stern
Age:
64
Residence:
Hoshaya
Profession:
Reserve officer.
Served as head of the ACA
8. Mickey Levy
Age:
69
Place of residence:
Mevaseret Zion
Profession:
Served as Jerusalem District Commander of the Police and CEO of Egged Transportation. Former Deputy Minister
9. Meirav Ben Ari
Age:
45
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Lawyer and consultant for government relations and strategy
10. Ram Ben Barak
Age:
62
Residence:
Nahalal
Profession:
Served as Deputy Head of the Mossad and Director General of the Ministry of Intelligence and the Ministry of Strategic Affairs
11. Yoav Saglovitch
Age:
61
Residence:
Zoran
Profession:
Served as Commander of the Police Investigations and Intelligence Division and established Unit 433
12. Boaz Toporovsky
Age:
40
Residence:
Ness Ziona
Profession:
Served as Chairman of the Student Union
13. Roll Age
Age:
36
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Lawyer
14. Yurai Lahav ran
Age:
32
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Reserve officer.
He served as chairman of the Tel Aviv Student Council. He ran for the Herzliya City Council
15. Vladimir Blyak
Age:
43
Place of residence:
Modi'in-Maccabi-Reut
Profession:
Accountant
16. Ron Katz
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
35
Residence:
Profession:
Lawyer, Acting Mayor of Petah Tikva and Head of the Director of Education
17. Nira Shefek
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
55
Residence:
Kfar Aza
Profession:
Colonel in the Res.
Served as Senior Adviser to the Director General of the Ministry of Home Front Defense. She ran for the presidency of the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council
1. Aryeh Deri
Age:
62
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Minister of the Interior
2. Yaakov Margi
Age:
60
Residence:
Sde Zvi
Profession:
Former Minister
3. Yoav Ben Tzur
Age:
62
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Served as CEO of the Rehabilitation Company. Deputy Minister of the Interior and Deputy Minister of Development of the Negev and the Galilee
4. Michael Malkieli
Age:
38
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Yeshiva rabbi.
Served as a member of the Jerusalem Council
5. Haim Bitton
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
43
Residence:
Givat Zeev
Profession:
Served as CEO of Migdal Or Institutions, CEO of the Bnei Yosef chain and a member of the Migdal Haemek City Council.
Shas CEO
6. Moshe Arbel
Age:
37
Residence:
Petah Tikva
Profession:
Lawyer.
Served as Director General of the Keter Shalom Institute and Chief of Staff of the Minister of the Interior
7. Inon Azoulay
Age:
41
Residence:
Ashdod
Profession:
medic.
He served as head of the Lachish Rescue Union branch and as a senior adviser to Minister Aryeh Deri
8. Moshe Abutbul
Age:
55
Place of residence:
Beit Shemesh
Profession:
Served as Mayor of Beit Shemesh and Deputy Chairman of the Local Government Center
9. Uriel Bosso
Age:
47
Residence:
Petah Tikva
Profession:
Served as a member of the Petah Tikva City Council
Bnei Gantz
Age:
61
Place of residence:
Rosh HaAyin
Profession:
Served as the 20th Chief of Staff. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
2. Pearl Tamano-Sheta
Age:
39
Residence:
Petah Tikva
Profession:
Lawyer.
Former journalist.
Immigration and Absorption Server
3. Troop Troops
Age:
42
Residence:
Ness Harim
Profession:
Served as Director of the Education, Welfare and Culture Department in Yeruham.
Established associations.
Ran a school.
Served as Senior Assistant to the Minister of Education
4. Michael Bitton
Age:
51
Residence:
Yeruham
Profession:
Served as head of the Yeruham Council.
Minister of Strategic Affairs and Minister of Civil and Social Affairs of the Ministry of Defense
5. Orit Farkash-Hacohen
Age:
50
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Lawyer.
Served as Chairman of the Electricity Authority. Minister of Tourism
6. Alon Schuster
Age:
64
Residence:
Levels
Profession:
Served as head of the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council
7. Ethan Ginzburg
Age:
44
Residence:
Raanana
Profession:
Reserve officer.
Lawyer.
Served as Mayor of Raanana
8. Yael Ron Ben Moshe
Age:
42
Residence:
Ga'aton
Profession:
Served as General Manager of the Western Galilee Authority Cluster. General Manager Blue and White
1. Naftali Bennett
Age:
49
Residence:
Raanana
Profession:
Reserve officer.
Former high-tech entrepreneur.
Former CEO of the Yesha Council.
Former Minister
2. Ayelet Shaked
Age:
44
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Computer Engineer.
She served as chairman of the Israel Sheli movement and director of Benjamin Netanyahu's bureau as chairman of the opposition.
Former Sarah
3. Alon Davidi
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
47
Residence:
Sderot
Profession:
Mayor of Sderot and Deputy Chairman of the Local Government Center
4. Matan Kahana
Age:
48
Residence:
Beit Gamliel
Profession:
fighter pilot
5. Amichai Shikli
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
40
Residence:
Hanaton
Profession:
Educator.
Founder of the Tavor Zionist Leadership College and the pre-military preparatory school that operates there
6. Nir Orbach
(First term in the Knesset)
Age:
50
Residence:
Petah Tikva
Profession:
Lawyer.
He served as the director general of the Jewish Home
7. Knight Kara
Age:
37
Residence:
Givat Zeev
Profession:
restaurateur, one of the founders of "I am Shulman"
1. Merav Michaeli
Age:
54
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Journalist
2. Amar Bar-Lev
Age:
67
Residence:
Kochav Yair
Profession:
Reserve officer, one of the founders of the Peace Now movement and a founder after me!
3. Emily Moati
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
40
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Publicist, writer and media consultant
4. Gilad Karib
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
47
Residence:
Lawyer and Reform rabbi
Profession:
Givatayim
5. Efrat Reitan
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
48
Place of residence:
Jaffa
Profession:
Lawyer.
Former actress and TV presenter
6. Ram Abundance
Age:
36
Residence:
Givat Haim Ihud
Profession:
Served as Chairman of the Student Union
7. Abtisam Mara'ana-Menuhin
(First term in the Knesset)
Age:
45
Place of residence:
Jaffa
Profession:
Cinema woman
1. Moshe Gafni
Age:
68
Place of residence:
Bnei Brak
Profession:
Total head.
Served as a reporter.
Former Deputy Minister
2. Yaakov Litzman
Age:
72
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Served as director of Beit Yaakov.
Minister of Construction and Housing
3. Uri Maklev
Age:
64
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Deputy Minister of Transport
4. Meir Porush
Age:
65
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Education
5. Jacob Asher
Age:
55
Place of residence:
Bnei Brak
Profession:
Served as Secretary General of Degel HaTorah and Mayor of Bnei Brak
6. Israel Eichler
Age:
65
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Writer and journalist
7. Isaac Pindros
Age:
49
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Secretary General of Degel HaTorah. Served as Mayor of Beitar Illit and Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem
1. Avigdor Lieberman
Age:
62
Residence:
Nokdim
Profession:
Served as Deputy Prime Minister, Director General of the Likud Movement and Director General of the Prime Minister's Office.
Former Minister
Oded Forer
Age:
43
Residence:
Mishmar David
Profession:
Reserve officer.
Served as Director General of the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption
3. Yevgeny Soba
Age:
40
Residence:
Petah Tikva
Profession:
Journalist
4. Eli Avidar
Age:
56
Residence:
Root
Profession:
Diplomat.
Served in senior positions in the jewelry industry.
Served as President of Fintech.
Writer and publicist
5. Julia Malinowski
Age:
45
Residence:
Holon
Profession:
Lawyer.
Served as a member of the Holon City Council
6. Hemed Amar
Age:
56
Place of residence:
Shefar'am
Profession:
Founder of the Druze youth movement and the Association for Martial Arts.
Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
7. Alex Kushnir
Age:
42
Residence:
Ashkelon
Profession:
Served as Director General of the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption
1. Gideon Sear
Age:
54
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Lawyer.
Former Minister
2. Yifat Shasha-Biton
Age:
47
Residence:
Zichron Yaacov
Profession:
Dr. for education. Former Sarah
3. Wolf Elkin
Age:
49
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Former Minister, ran for mayor of Jerusalem
4. Joaz Handel
Age:
45
Residence:
Ness Harim
Profession:
Reserve officer.
Dr. of History. Journalist. Former Minister
5. Sharan the mind
Age:
37
Place of residence:
Kfar Saba
Profession:
Former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
6. Benny Begin
Age:
78
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Geologist.
Former Minister
1. Ayman Odeh
Age:
46
Place of residence:
Haifa
Profession:
Lawyer
2. Ahmad Tibi
Age:
62
Residence:
Taibe
Profession:
Doctor.
He served as Israel's Adviser to PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat.
Former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
3. Sami Abu Shehadeh
Age:
45
Place of residence:
Jaffa
Profession:
CEO of an association. Tour guide and lecturer. Career selection consultant
4. Aida Thomas Suleiman
Age:
56
Residence:
Acre
Profession:
Feminist activist and former newspaper editor.
Elected to the High Monitoring Committee of the Arab Public in Israel
5. Osama Saadi
Age:
58
Residence:
Araba
Profession:
Lawyer
6. Ofer Kasif
Age:
56
Residence:
Streets
Profession:
PhD in Philosophy and Politics
1. Bezalel Smutrich
Age:
41
Residence:
Kedumim
Profession:
Lawyer.
He served as the activity director of the Regavim movement and the director of the Yeshiva Kedumim.
Former Minister
Michal Waldiger
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
52
Residence:
Givat Shmuel
Profession:
Lawyer.
She served as the head of the Bat Ami Association
3. Itamar Ben Gvir
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
44
Residence:
Kiryat Arba
Profession:
Lawyer
4. Simcha Rotman
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
40
Residence:
Penny Kedem
Profession:
Lawyer.
publicist.
One of the founders of the Movement for Governance and Democracy
5. Orit Struck
Age:
61
Residence:
Hebron
Profession:
Founder of the Human Rights Organization in Yesha
6. Avi Maoz
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
64
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profession:
Served as Director General of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Construction and Housing
Nitzan Horowitz
Age:
56
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Journalist.
Founder of the Free Israel Movement.
Candidate for mayor of Tel Aviv
2. Tamar Zandberg
Age:
44
Residence:
Tel Aviv
Profession:
Served as a member of the Tel Aviv City Council
3. Yair Golan
Age:
58
Place of residence:
Rosh HaAyin
Profession:
Reserve officer.
Served as Deputy Chief of Staff
4. Jida Rinawi-Zoabi
(first term in the Knesset)
Age:
48
Place of residence:
Galilee view
Profession:
Social enterprise manager.
Served as the founding CEO of the Injaz Center for the Advancement of Arab Local Authorities
5. Issawi Fridge
Age:
57
Place of residence:
Kafr Qassem
Profession:
Accountant
6. Musi Raz
Age:
55
Residence:
Shoham
Profession:
Served as Secretary General of Meretz and Shalom Now
1. Mansour Abbas
Age:
46
Place of residence:
Maghar
Profession:
Doctor.
Deputy Chairman of the Southern faction of the Islamic Movement. Served as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
Balance of Ghanaim
(First term in the Knesset)
Age:
64
Place of residence:
Sakhnin
Profession:
Businessman.
Having the mayor of Sakhnin.
Former footballer
3. Walid Taha
Age:
52
Place of residence:
Kafr Qassem
Profession:
Educator.
Served as Director of the Education Department of the Kfar Qassem Municipality
4. Said Al-Kharumi
Age:
49
Residence:
Segev Shalom
Profession:
Served as head of the Segev Shalom Council and secretary general of the Islamic Movement