Rina Frenkel (; born 17 September 1956) is an Israeli politician. She 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 ...

between 2013 and 2015.

Biography

Born in the

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in the

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(today in

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), Frenkel

immigrated Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents. Commuters, tourists, and other short- ...

to Israel in 1990. A resident of

Nahariya Nahariya () is the northernmost coastal city in Israel. As of , the city had a population of . The city was founded in 1935 by Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. Etymology Nahariya takes its name from the stream of Ga'aton River, Ga'aton (riv ...

, Frenkel is employed as the assistant director of a training and employment organisation in

Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha (; ) is a city in the North District, Israel, North District in Israel, about east of Nahariya, and about Above mean sea level, above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab citizens of ...

covering northern Israel.All the kingmaker’s men, and women
Times of Israel, 23 January 2013 Prior to the

2013 Knesset elections Early legislative elections were held in Israel on 22 January 2013 to elect the 120 members of the nineteenth Knesset. Public debate over the Tal Law had nearly led to early elections in 2012, but they were aborted at the last moment after Kadi ...

she joined the new

Yesh Atid Yesh Atid (, ) is a centrist political party in Israel. It was founded in 2012 by former TV journalist Yair Lapid, the son of the former Shinui party politician and Israeli Justice Minister Tommy Lapid. In 2013 the first election it conte ...

party and was placed fifteenth on its list. She was elected to the Knesset as the party won 19 seats. In January 2015 she announced that she would not contest the

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and instead would work for the party outside of the Knesset.Third Yesh Atid MK Quits Politics
Israel National News, 24 January 2015

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frenkel, Rina 1956 births Living people People from Smolensk Jewish Israeli politicians Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent Jewish Russian politicians Soviet emigrants to Israel Soviet Jews Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–2015) Yesh Atid politicians Women members of the Knesset 21st-century Israeli women politicians