Eti Atiya Explained

Birth Date:12 February 1960
Birth Place:Lod, Israel
Office1:Faction represented in the Knesset
Suboffice1:Likud
Subterm1:2019–2022
Suboffice2:Likud
Subterm2:2023–present

Eti Hava Atiya (he|אֶתִּי חַוָּה עַטִיָיה, born 12 February 1960)[1] is an Israeli politician currently serving as a member of the Knesset for the Likud party.

Biography

Atiya was born in Lod in 1960 to a family that had immigrated from Djerba, Tunisia.[2] She attended Bar-Ilan University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in social sciences and a master's degree in internal auditing. She also studied law (LLB) at Ono Academic College.[2]

In the late 1980s, she began working for the National Union of Israel Aerospace Industries Employees. In 1993, she was appointed chief of staff to the union's secretary, Haim Katz.[2] When Katz became Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Services in 2015, she left the union to serve as his chief of staff.[2] [3]

Ahead of the April 2019 elections, Atiya was placed twenty-first on the Likud list,[4] in the slot reserved for Gush Dan.[3] She was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 36 seats. She was subsequently re-elected in the September 2019, March 2020, and March 2021, but lost her seat in the 2022 elections after being placed thirty-fifth on the Likud list.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members of the 25th Knesset . 19 April 2024 . Knesset.
  2. https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=992 Hava-Etty Atia
  3. https://www.haaretz.co.il/.premium-1.6914403 חברי הכנסת החדשים בליכוד: יו"ר ועד עובדי רשות התעופה ולוביסטית מצליחה
  4. https://bechirot21.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=99&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Likud list