Yael German
Template:Infobox member of the Knesset
Yael German (Template:Lang-he-n, born 4 August 1947) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid. She was Minister of Health between 2013 and 2014 and mayor of Herzliya between 1998 and 2013.
Biography
Born in Haifa, German studied at the Tel Aviv University, gaining a bachelor's degree in history. Married and has two children,[1] she has lived in Herzliya since 1979.
In 1993 she became a member of the Herzliya Municipal Council for Meretz. In 1998 she was elected mayor of the city, and in 2003 she was elected for a second term with 56% of the vote. Whilst mayor she fought the Cellular Companies Forum that wanted to increase the number of cellular antennas in the city. Eventually, her fight succeeded when the Knesset passed the Cellular Antenna Law.
Prior to the 2013 Knesset elections she joined the new Yesh Atid party, and was elected to the Knesset. When a new government was formed, she was appointed Minister of Health. She was placed third on the party's list for the 2015 elections,[2] and was re-elected as the party won 11 seats.
References
- ^ All the kingmaker's men, and women Times of Israel, 23 January 2013
- ^ Yesh Atid list Central Elections Committee
External links
- Yael German on the Knesset website
- Use dmy dates from February 2013
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya alumni
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent
- Women Members of the Knesset
- Mayors of Herzliya
- Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–15)
- Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–)
- Meretz politicians
- Ministers of Health of Israel
- People from Haifa
- Tel Aviv University alumni
- Women mayors of places in Israel
- Yesh Atid politicians
- 21st-century women politicians
- Women government ministers of Israel