Matti Sarfati Harkavi

Matti Sarfati Harkavi
Faction represented in the Knesset
2022–Yesh Atid
Personal details
Born (1962-08-13) 13 August 1962 (age 62)
Kiryat Ata, Israel

Matti Sarfati Harkavi (Hebrew: מטי צרפתי הרכבי, born 13 August 1962) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid.

Biography

Sarfati Harkavi earned a BSc and PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and worked as a plant geneticist at Hazera Genetics.[1][2] She became mayor of Yoav Regional Council in 2011,[2] and was re-elected unopposed in the 2018 municipal elections.[1]

Prior to the 2022 Knesset elections Sarfati Harkavi was placed eighteenth on the Yesh Atid list.[3] She was elected to the Knesset as the party won 24 seats.

References

  1. ^ a b Women cheered for election victories, but men are still over 95% of mayors The Times of Israel, 1 November 2018
  2. ^ a b Matti Sarfatii Harcavi Gesher Leaders
  3. ^ שומרים על הנבחרת המוכרת: רשימת יש עתיד לכנסת הבאה נחשפת Israel HaYom, 13 September 2022