Zehava Gal-On [SEP] date of birth
Zehava Gal-On
Zehava Gal-On (; born 4 January 1956) is an Israeli politician, serving as a member of the Knesset from 1999 to 2017. She was the chairwoman of the Meretz political party from 2012 to 2018, which now has four seats in the Knesset.
Biography.
Zehava Schnipitzky (later Gal-On) was born in 1956 in Vilnius in the Soviet Union (now in Lithuania). She immigrated at age four to Israel in 1960 with her parents: father Aryeh (born
Chaim Oron and to give way for Zehava Gal-On. Haim Oron indeed left the Knesset and later left the chairmanship of the party. As a result, MKs Zehava Gal-On, Ilan Gilon, and youth activist Ori Ophir began campaigning to win the position of the party chairman.
The primaries were held on 7 February 2012 for the position of the party's chairman. Zehava Gal-On was elected as the chairman with 60.6% of the votes. Ilan Gilon was second with 36.6% of the votes