| Efrat Rayten | |
|---|---|
 Rayten in 2022 | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2021–2024 | Labor Party |
| 2024– | The Democrats |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1972-05-15) 15 May 1972 (age 52) Haifa, Israel |
Efrat Rayten-Marom (Hebrew: אֶפְרָת רַיְיטָן־מָרוֹם, born 15 May 1972) 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 and chaired the Labor Party's faction in the Knesset following the 2022 election.
Biography
Rayten originally worked as an actress and television host,. working as a TV presenter on the Children's Channel and Channel 10. 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. She represented families of children who died in a 2018 flood during a pre-military programme.
Prior to the 2021 elections she was placed fifth on the Labor Party list, 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 but endorsed Yair Golan instead.
Efrat Rayten lives in Tel Aviv.
Filmography
- Rabies (2010)
References
- ^ בחירות 2021: חברי הכנסת ה-24 מטעם מפלגת העבודה Archived 2023-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Mako, 25 March 2021
- ^ Israeli, Michal (2021-02-03). "מי את אפרת רייטן?". Mako. Archived from the original on 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ 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
- Efrat Rayten Archived 2021-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Goldfarb Seligman & Co.
- "Archived copy". Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- 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.
External links
- Efrat Rayten on the Knesset website
| Current members of the Knesset | |
|---|---|
| Likud | |
| Yesh Atid | |
| Shas | |
| National Unity | |
| NRP-RZ | |
| United Torah Judaism | |
| Yisrael Beiteinu | |
| Otzma Yehudit | |
| United Arab List | |
| Hadash–Ta'al | |
| Labor | |
| National Right | |
| Noam | |
- 1972 births
- Academic Center for Law and Science alumni
- Israeli actor-politicians
- Israeli Labor Party politicians
- Israeli musical theatre actresses
- Israeli television actresses
- Israeli women lawyers
- Israeli children's television presenters
- Jewish Israeli politicians
- Living people
- Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022)
- Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–)
- Politicians from Haifa
- Women members of the Knesset
- Israeli women television presenters
- The Democrats (Israel) politicians
- Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio alumni