Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin ( he, אַיֶילֶת נַחְמִיָּאס־וֶרְבִּין, born 19 June 1970) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. She served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

for the

Zionist Union The Zionist Union ( he, הַמַחֲנֶה הַצִיּוֹנִי, translit. ''HaMaḥaneh HaẒiyoni'', lit. ''the Zionist Camp'') was a centre-left political alliance in Israel. It was established in December 2014 by the Israeli Labor Party ...

and the Labor Party between 2015 and 2019.

Biography

Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin was born and raised in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

. She studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She lives in Jaffa and is married with three children. Her father-in-law is a former mayor of

Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon ( he, רָמַת הַשָּׁרוֹן, ''lit.'' '' Sharon Heights'', ar, رمات هشارون) is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south, Hod HaSharon ...

Legal and political career

In 1991 she joined the Labor Party, and later became assistant legal advisor to Prime Minister

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...

. After Rabin was assassinated in 1995 she became chair of Tavlit, an irrigation company. She placed 22nd on the

list (an alliance of Labor and

Hatnuah Hatnua ( he, הַתְּנוּעָה, lit=''The Movement'') was a liberal political party in Israel formed by former Israeli Foreign Minister and Vice Prime Minister Tzipi Livni to present an alternative to voters frustrated by the stalemate in ...

) for the 2015 Knesset elections, and was elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 24 seats.Final Unofficial* results of the Elections for the Twentieth Knesset
Central Elections Committee She did not contest the April 2019 elections and lost her seat.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nahmias-Verbin, Ayelet Living people 1970 births Israeli Jews Politicians from Tel Aviv Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni Israeli lawyers Israeli Labor Party politicians Zionist Union politicians Women members of the Knesset Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019) Israeli women lawyers 21st-century Israeli women politicians Israeli people of Greek-Jewish descent