Senetta Yoseftal (née Punfud) ( he, סנטה יוספטל, 5 December 1912 – 26 July 2007) was an Israeli politician.

Background

Yoseftal was born in

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. She joined the HaBonim movement in 1933 and worked in

HeHalutz HeHalutz or HeChalutz ( he, הֶחָלוּץ, lit. "The Pioneer") was a Jewish youth movement that trained young people for agricultural settlement in the Land of Israel. It became an umbrella organization of the pioneering Zionist youth moveme ...

Center in Berlin from 1934 to 1938. In 1936 she married

Giora Yoseftal Dr Giora Yoseftal ( he, גיורא יוספטל; 9 August 1912 – 23 August 1962) was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Biography Born Georg Josephthal in Nuremberg in Germany, Yos ...

, later a member of the Knesset, and a minister in the

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and

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Israeli governments. She immigrated to

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...

in 1938 and helped found

Kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

Galed Gal'ed ( he, גַּלְעֵד, ''lit.'' Monument) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Menashe Heights with an area of 14,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Kib ...

in 1945. She was elected to the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

in the 1955 election as a member of

Mapai Mapai ( he, מַפָּא"י, an acronym for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', lit. "Workers' Party of the Land of Israel") was a democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger in ...

, but gave up her seat after 14 months. She also appeared in the eighth Knesset as a member of the

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, 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 The Kibbutz Movement ( he, התנועה הקיבוצית, ''HaTnu'a HaKibbutzit'') 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 and is made ...

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

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 ...

, 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

Mekorot Mekorot ( he, מקורות, lit. "Sources") is the national water company of Israel and the country's top agency for water management. Founded in 1937, it supplies Israel with 90% of its drinking water and operates a cross-country water supply ne ...

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

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