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Senetta Yoseftal was an Israel
i politician.
. She joined the HaBonim
movement in 1933 and worked in HeHalutz
Center in Berlin from 1934 to 1938. In 1936 she married Giora Yoseftal
, later a member of the Knesset, and a minister in the 9th
and 10th
Israeli governments. She immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1938 and helped found kibbutz Galed in 1945.
She was elected to the Knesset
in the 1955 election
as a member of Mapai
, but gave up her seat after 14 months. She also appeared in the eighth Knesset
as a member of the Alignment
, replacing Zvi Guershoni
after his death, but did not retain her seat in the 1977 election
.
In December 2004 she was asked by the Kibbutz Movement
to retire from her activities. Towards the end of her life she resided in Kibbutz Galed.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i politician.
Background
Yoseftal was born in GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. She joined the HaBonim
Habonim Dror
Habonim Dror is a Jewish Labour Zionist youth movement formed by the merger in 1982 of the Habonim and Dror youth movements. Habonim Dror's sister movement in Israel is Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed, the Working and Studying Youth.-Ideology:...
movement in 1933 and worked in HeHalutz
Hehalutz
Hechalutz was an association of Jewish youth whose aim was to train its members to settle in the Land of Israel, which became an umbrella organization of the pioneering Zionist youth movements....
Center in Berlin from 1934 to 1938. In 1936 she married Giora Yoseftal
Giora Yoseftal
Dr Giora Yoseftal was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios in the late 1950s and early 1960s.-Biography:Born in Nuremberg in Germany, Yoseftal was a member of the Yiddisher Yudenbund youth movement in his teens...
, later a member of the Knesset, and a minister in the 9th
Ninth government of Israel
The ninth government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 17 December 1959 following the November 1959 elections. Ben-Gurion largely kept the same coalition partners as during the previous government The ninth government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 17 December 1959 following...
and 10th
Tenth government of Israel
The tenth government of Israel was formed on 2 November 1961 following the August elections. Although David Ben-Gurion was appointed Prime Minister, the government was actually formed by Minister of Finance, Levi Eshkol...
Israeli governments. She immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1938 and helped found kibbutz Galed in 1945.
She was elected to the Knesset
Knesset
The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...
in the 1955 election
Israeli legislative election, 1955
Elections for the third Knesset were held in Israel on 26 July 1955. Voter turnout was 82.8%.-Results:Mapai retained its plurality in the Knesset, although its share of the vote dropped by 5.1 and its share of seats dropped from 47 to 40...
as a member of Mapai
Mapai
Mapai was a left-wing political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968...
, but gave up her seat after 14 months. She also appeared in the eighth Knesset
Israeli legislative election, 1973
The Elections for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 78.6%.-Results:1 Aryeh Eliav left the Alignment and merged with Ratz to form Ya'ad - Civil Rights Movement...
as a member of the Alignment
Alignment (political party)
The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party...
, replacing Zvi Guershoni
Zvi Guershoni
Zvi Guershoni was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1969 and his death in 1976.-Biography:...
after his death, but did not retain her seat in the 1977 election
Israeli legislative election, 1977
The Elections for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. For the first time in Israeli political history, the right-wing, led by Likud, won the election, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing Alignment and its predecessor, Mapai...
.
In December 2004 she was asked by the Kibbutz Movement
Kibbutz Movement
The Kibbutz Movement is the largest settlement movement for kibbutzim in Israel. It was formed in 1999 by a partial merger of the United Kibbutz Movement and Kibbutz Artzi.-United Kibbutz Movement:...
to retire from her activities. Towards the end of her life she resided in Kibbutz Galed.
Public Activities
- Member of Directorate of the United Kibbutz Fund, 1953–1955
- Member of Organizing Committee of the HistadrutHistadrutHaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael , known as the Histadrut, is Israel's organization of trade unions. Established in December 1920 during the British Mandate for Palestine, it became one of the most powerful institutions of the State of Israel.-History:The Histadrut was founded in...
, 1956–1960 - Director of Economic Department of the United Kibbutz, 1960–1962
- General Secretary of the United Kibbutz, 1962–1965 and 1967–1970
- Founder and Director of the Department of Absorption and Development
- Chairwoman of MekorotMekorotMekorot is the national water company of Israel and the country's top agency for water management.Mekorot was founded in 1937. It supplies 90% of Israel's drinking water and 80% of its water supplies. The company runs 3,000 installations throughout the country for water supply, water quality,...
Water Company, 1970–1972 - Director of Economic Branch of the Agriculture Association, 1974–1979
- Member of Secretariat and Central Committee of the United Kibbutz Movement and member of Central Committee of the Labour Party