Miki Haimovich ( ; born 15 June 1962) is an Israeli television presenter and former politician. She served as a member of the
Knesset
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for
Blue and White from 2019 to 2021.
Biography
Michal (Miki) Haimovich earned a BA in political science from
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...
. Haimovich is
vegan
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and in 2012 she launched the
Meatless Monday
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Meatless Monday is a non-profit initiative of The Monday Campaigns Inc. in association with the ...
Israel initiative.
Media career
Haimovich worked as a researcher for
Channel 1 programmes ''Mabat Sheni'' and ''Boker Tov Israel''. In 1990, she began editing the news for the
Matav cable channel, later becoming chief editor.
In 1993, she and
Ya'akov Eilon became the first news anchors on the new commercial
Channel 2, until moving to Channel 10 together, in 2002.
In June 2011, Haimovich resigned from Channel 10 news.
Political career
In 2012, Haimovich joined a non-partisan campaign enlisting leading artists, television presenters and journalists to encourage voter participation in the 2013
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 ...
elections.
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
April 2019 Israeli legislative election
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as a member of the
Israel Resilience Party
The Israel Resilience Party ( he, חוסן לישראל, Hosen LeYisrael, Resilience for Israel), is a liberal political party in Israel founded in December 2018 by Benny Gantz, former Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. T ...
, a part of the
Blue and White alliance. Haimovich was re elected to the 22 & 23rd Knessets. She was not included in Blue & White's electoral list for the
2021 elections, following her vote against a budget extension, which effectively caused the dissolution of the government.
See also
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Channel 10 (Israel)
Channel 10 ( he, ערוץ עשר, translit=Arutz Eser), formerly known as Israel 10 ( he, ישראל 10, translit=Yisra'el Eser), was an Israeli free-to-air television channel. Operating under the auspices of The Second Authority for Televisio ...
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Hadashot 10
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Women in Israel
References
External links
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Meatless Monday Israel
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1962 births
Living people
Blue and White (political alliance) politicians
Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent
Israeli people of Turkish-Jewish descent
Israeli television news anchors
Israeli television personalities
Israeli television presenters
Jewish Israeli politicians
Members of the 21st Knesset (2019)
Members of the 22nd Knesset (2019–2020)
Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021)
Tel Aviv University alumni
Veganism activists
Women members of the Knesset