Osnat Hila Mark (; born 22 September 1967) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. She served as a member of the

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for

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in two spells between 2018 and 2021.

Biography

Mark was born and grew up in

Ofakim Ofakim () is a city in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel, 20 kilometers (12.4 mi) west of Beersheba. It achieved municipal status in 1955. It has an area of 10,000 dunams (~3.9 sq mi; 10 km2). In , it had a populatio ...

. She became a lawyer, specialising in civil law.Meet the lawyer who will replace Jackie Levy in the Likud
20, 31 October 2018 A member of Likud, she was placed 57th on the party's list for the

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and 40th for the

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, but on each occasion failed to win a seat. She won 34th place on the party's list for the

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, and although Likud won only 30 seats, Osnat became a Knesset member in 2018 as a replacement for

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, who left the legislature after being elected mayor of

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in the 2018 municipal elections.Haifa elects first woman mayor
The Jerusalem Post, 31 October 2018 She was placed 35th on the party's list for the April 2019 elections, and was re-elected as Likud won 35 seats. However, she lost her seat in the September 2019 elections, which saw Likud reduced to 31 seats. She failed to regain her seat in the March 2020 elections, but re-entered the Knesset on 5 July 2020 as a replacement for

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after he was appointed as the

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and Israeli ambassador to the United States. Placed thirty-fourth on the Likud list for the March 2021 elections, she lost her seat as Likud was reduced to 30 seats. Mark is married with three children and lives in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mark, Osnat 1967 births Living people People from Ofakim Israeli settlers 21st-century Israeli lawyers Likud politicians Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019) Members of the 21st Knesset (2019) Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021)