Orit Zuaretz (; born 21 February 1967) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( , ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Israel. The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supe ...

for

Kadima Kadima () was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely following the implementation of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan in August 2005, and was soon ...

and

Hatnuah Hatnua () 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 the Israeli–Palestinian peace process. The pa ...

between 2009 and 2013.

Biography

Born Svetlana Moiseyevna Chernyak () in the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

, Zuaretz emigrated to Israel in 1971. She gained a BA in Social Science studied towards an MA in the New Age Middle East. She was elected onto the

Kadima-Tzoran Kadima-Zoran (), also known as Kadima-Tzoran, is a local council in the Central District of Israel. The result of the 2003 union of the Tzoran and Kadima councils, in it had a population of . Kadima-Zoran is home to the "Ta'am Shel Pa'am" (A ...

local council in 2003, serving as the town's deputy mayor until 2006. She also served as a member of the

Jewish Agency The Jewish Agency for Israel (), formerly known as the Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. It was established in 1929 as the operative branch of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). As an ...

Directors Forum for

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-speaking elected representatives. Prior to the 2009 elections she was placed twenty-eighth on the Kadima list, and entered the Knesset when the party won 28 seats. In 2012 she left Kadima to join the new Hatnuah party. Placed tenth on its list for the 2013 elections,Hatnuah
Central Elections Committee she lost her seat when the party won only six seats. Zuaretz lives in Kadima-Tzoran and is married with three children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuaretz, Orit 1967 births Living people Women members of the Knesset Kadima politicians Members of the 18th Knesset (2009–2013) Soviet Jews Hatnua politicians Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent 21st-century Israeli women politicians