Amira Sartani ( he, אמירה סרטני, born 17 November 1931) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the

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and

Mapam Mapam ( he, מַפָּ״ם, an acronym for , ) was a left-wing political party in Israel. The party is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz party. History Mapam was formed by a January 1948 merger of the kibbutz-based Hashomer Hatz ...

between 1984 and 1988.

Biography

Born in kibbutz Merhavia during the Mandate era, Sartani studied at the educational institute Mishmar HaEmek, before attending the Oranim teachers seminary. She later studied sociology and political science at Tel Aviv University. A member of the Executive Committee of Kibbutz Artzi, Sartani was also a member of Mapam, and joined the party's central committee in 1974. She headed the party's Women's Department and the Mapam delegation to the Na'amat women's organisation from 1976 until 1984, and from 1978 until 1982 she was also a member of the

Histadrut Histadrut, or the General Organization of Workers in Israel, originally ( he, ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל, ''HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael''), is Israel's national trade union center ...

's Executive Committee.Amira Sartani: Public Activities
Knesset website In

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

she was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list (an alliance of Mapam and the Labor Party, although Mapam broke away from the Alignment shortly after the election). Until losing her seat in the

1988 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1988. Africa * 1988 Cameroonian general election * 1988 Equatorial Guinean legislative election * 1988 Kenyan general election * 1988 Malian parliamentary election * 1988 Rwandan parliamentary elect ...

, she was a member of the Education and Culture Committee. In the 1996 Knesset elections she was placed 90th on the Meretz ticket, in the 2009 elections in 108th place, in the

2013 elections The following elections were occurred in the year 2013. Asia * 2013 Armenian local elections 26 May, 17 November, and 8 December 2013 * 2013 Armenian presidential election 18 February 2013 * 2013 Bangladeshi presidential election 22 April 2013 ...

in 111th place, in the

2015 elections The following elections were scheduled to occur in the year 2015. Africa * 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015 * 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015 * 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015 * 2015 Burundi ...

in 105th place, and in the

2022 elections The following elections are scheduled to occur in 2022. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world. * 2022 United Nations Security Council election * 2022 national electoral calendar * 2022 local e ...

in 108th place.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sartani, Amira 1931 births Kibbutzniks People from Northern District (Israel) Jews in Mandatory Palestine Tel Aviv University alumni Israeli educators Israeli women educators Jewish educators Israeli trade unionists Israeli activists Israeli women activists Living people Mapam politicians Alignment (Israel) politicians Women members of the Knesset Members of the 11th Knesset (1984–1988)