Esther Salmovitz Explained

Birth Date:8 April 1948
Birth Place:Romania
Suboffice1:Tzomet
Subterm1:1992–1994
Suboffice2:Yiud
Subterm2:1994–1995
Suboffice3:Atid
Subterm3:1995–1996

Esther Salmovitz (Hebrew: אסתר סלמוביץ, born 8 April 1948) is an Israeli lawyer and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 1996.

Biography

Born in Romania in 1948, Salomvitz immigrated to Israel in 1950.[1] After high school she studied real estate law, and took Open University course in history of the people of Israel.[1]

She joined the Tzomet party, and chaired its Nahariya branch.[1] She headed the party in Nahariya city council, and was a member of its Absorption and Education Committee.[1] She was elected to the Knesset on the Tzomet list in 1992.[1] However, on 7 February 1994 she left the party together with Alex Goldfarb and Gonen Segev to form Yiud,[2] which joined Yitzhak Rabin's coalition government. On 27 November 1995 she and Goldfarb left Yiud to establish Atid.[2] They both lost their seats in the 1996 elections, in which the party did not participate.

After leaving politics she completed a law degree at Netanya Academic College.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/MK/APPS/mk/mk-print/160 Esther Salmovitz
  2. https://www.knesset.gov.il/faction/eng/FactionHistoryAll_eng.asp Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
  3. https://kanisrael.co.il/10931/ המכללה האקדמית נתניה: עדי אברגי’ל לקחה את הדאבל