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Efrat Rayten
Rayten in 2022
Faction represented in the Knesset
2021–2024Labor Party
2024–The Democrats
Personal details
Born (1972-05-15) 15 May 1972 (age 52)
Haifa, Israel

Efrat Rayten-Marom (Template:Lang-he, born 15 May 1972)[1] is an Israeli actress, lawyer and politician. She is currently a member of the Knesset for the Democrats and previously for the Israeli Labor Party. She previously chaired the Labor, Welfare and Health Committee[2] and chaired the Labor Party's faction in the Knesset following the 2022 election.

Biography

Rayten originally worked as an actress and television host,.[3] working as a TV presenter on the Children's Channel and Channel 10.[2] However, she left the industry to become a lawyer. Having earned an LLB at the Academic Center for Law and Science in 2004, she was called to the bar in 2012 and became a partner at Goldfarb Seligman & Co.[4] She represented families of children who died in a 2018 flood during a pre-military programme.[3]

Prior to the 2021 elections she was placed fifth on the Labor Party list,[1] and was elected to the Knesset as the party won seven seats. She was placed fourth on the Labor list for the 2022 elections and was re-elected as the party won four seats.

She had intended to stand as a candidate for the leadership of the Labor Party in the ]2024 leadership election[5] but endorsed Yair Golan instead.[6]

Efrat Rayten lives in Tel Aviv.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b בחירות 2021: חברי הכנסת ה-24 מטעם מפלגת העבודה Archived 2023-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Mako, 25 March 2021
  2. ^ a b Israeli, Michal (2021-02-03). "מי את אפרת רייטן?". Mako. Archived from the original on 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  3. ^ a b Reform rabbi, Kahanist agitator, firebrand writer: The new Knesset’s 16 rookies Archived 2021-04-06 at the Wayback Machine The Times of Israel, 26 March 2021
  4. ^ Efrat Rayten Archived 2021-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Goldfarb Seligman & Co.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  6. ^ Sokol, Sam (17 March 2024). "Labor MKs Lazimi, Kariv endorse Yair Golan for party leadership ahead of primaries". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
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