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Meirav Ben-Ari
Ben-Ari in 2020
Faction represented in the Knesset
2015–2019	Kulanu
2021–	Yesh Atid
Personal details
Born	(1975-11-13) 13 November 1975 (age 49) Raanana, Israel

Meirav Ben-Ari (Hebrew: מֵירַב בֶּן־אֲרִי‎; born 13 November 1975) is an Israeli politician. She currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid and was previously a member of the Knesset for Kulanu between 2015 and 2019.

Biography

Ben-Ari was born in Raanana and moved to Netanya with her family as a child. Her father, Rafael Ben-Ari (originally Ayubi) was an Iranian-Jewish immigrant to Israel and her mother, Esther Ben-Ari (née Sa'adon) was a native-born Israeli of Libyan-Jewish origin. During her Israel Defense Forces national service she served in the Education and Youth Corps, with her last post being the education officer of the Golani Brigade. She studied for a BA in law and government and a Master's degree in business administration at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. Between 2003 and 2004 she was head of the student union at the college.

Political career

In the 2013 local elections she was fourth on the Rov HaIr list for Tel Aviv City Council. She was elected to the council and given the portfolio for promoting youth.

Prior to the 2015 elections she joined the Kulanu party, and was placed tenth on its list. She was elected to the Knesset as the party won ten seats. She was placed sixth on the party's list for the April 2019 elections, but lost her seat when the party was reduced to four seats. In 2021 Ben-Ari joined Yesh Atid and was placed seventh on its list for the March 2021 elections. She re-entered the Knesset when the party won seventeen seats. She was re-elected in the 2022 elections.

Private Life

In 2005 she took part in the reality show "Needed: A Leader". She won the contest, winning five million shekels.

She lives in Tel Aviv and has a daughter.

See also

• Women of Israel

References

1. ^ "Members of the 25th Knesset". Knesset. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
2. The academy of the leaders of the future IDC Herzliya
3. Kulanu list Central Elections Committee
4. Final Unofficial* results of the Elections for the Twentieth Knesset Central Elections Committee
5. An Israeli shares the winnings, ISRAEL21c, 2 April 2006
6. Merav, Ben Ari (April 9, 2018). "Merav Ben Ari Knesset Member and Single Mom". YouTube.

External links

• Meirav Ben-Ari on the Knesset website

• 1975 births
• Living people
• 21st-century Israeli women politicians
• Reichman University alumni
• Israeli people of Iranian-Jewish descent
• Israeli people of Libyan-Jewish descent
• Jewish Israeli politicians
• Kulanu politicians
• Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019)
• Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022)
• Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–)
• People from Netanya
• People from Ra'anana
• Reality show winners
• Women members of the Knesset
• Yesh Atid politicians