Orit Zuaretz
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Orit Zuaretz is an Israel
Israel
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i politician and member of the Knesset
Knesset
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 for Kadima
Kadima
Kadima is a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely to support the issue of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan, and was soon joined by like-minded Labor politicians...

.

Biography

Born Svetlana Czerniak in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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, Zuaretz made aliyah
Aliyah
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 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 Tzoran-Kadima local council in 2003, serving as the town's deputy mayor until 2006. She also served as a member of the Jewish Agency
Jewish Agency for Israel
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 Directors Forum for Russian
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-speaking elected representatives.

Prior to the 2009 elections
Israeli legislative election, 2009
Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government...

 she was placed twenty-eighth on the Kadima list, and entered the Knesset when the party won 28 seats.

Zuaretz lives in Tzoran-Kadima and is married with three children.

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