Sarah Doron (; 20 June 1922 – 3 November 2010) was an Israeli politician who served as a

Minister without Portfolio A minister without portfolio is a government minister without specific responsibility as head of a government department. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authorit ...

from July 1983 until September 1984.

Biography

Born in

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, Doron

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in 1933. She attended high school in

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, and was later elected to the city's council, where she chaired the municipal education committee.Sarah Doron
Knesset A chairwoman of Liberal Women's Organization, she was elected to the

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in 1977 on

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's list. Re-elected in 1981, she was appointed Minister without Portfolio by

Menachem Begin Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'', ; (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of both Herut and Likud and the prime minister of Israel. Before the creation of the state of Isra ...

on 5 August 1981. She remained a cabinet member when

Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Shamir (, ; born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh prime minister of Israel, serving two terms (1983–1984, 1986–1992). Before the establishment of the State of Israel, ...

formed a new government in October 1983. When she joined the Begin government in 1983, Doron was the first woman in the Israeli cabinet in the nine years since

Shulamit Aloni Shulamit Aloni (; 27 December 1927 – 24 January 2014) was an Israeli politician. She founded the Ratz (political party), Ratz party, was leader of the Meretz party, Leader of the Opposition (Israel), Leader of the Opposition from 1988 to 1990, ...

resigned in 1974. Although Doron retained her seat in the 1984 elections, she was left out of the

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cabinet. She was re-elected again in 1988, but lost her seat in the 1992 elections. Doron died on 2 November 2010 at the age of 88.

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