Meirav Cohen
Cohen in 2019
Ministerial roles
2020–2021Minister for Social Equality
2021–2022Minister for Social Equality
Faction represented in the Knesset
2019–2021Blue and White
2021Yesh Atid
2022–Yesh Atid
Personal details
Born (1983-08-26) 26 August 1983
Jerusalem, Israel

Meirav Cohen (Hebrew: מֵירַב כֹּהֵן; born 26 August 1983) is an Israeli politician and activist. She is a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid, was an MK for the Blue and White alliance from 2019 to 2021 and served as Minister for Social Equality from May 2020 to January 2021.[1] She took up the post again in June 2021.[2]

Biography

Meirav Cohen was born in Jerusalem to Solange Shulamit (née Pouni) and Saadia Cohen, who were Jewish immigrants from Morocco. Her father was a bus driver and her mother ran a day care center in their home. The family moved to Mevaseret Zion when she was in fifth grade.[3] She attended Harel High School in Mevaseret. [4] During her military service in the Israel Defense Forces, she served in the Army Radio as a producer and editor.[4] She graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a BA in economics and business administration, and an MA in business administration and urban studies.[4] Cohen is married to Yuval Admon and has three children. The family resides in the Yefeh Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Civil service career

In 2004 she was appointed socio-economic spokesperson of the Prime Minister's Office under Ariel Sharon.[4] In 2011 Cohen was elected to Jerusalem City Council as part of the Jerusalem Hitorerut party, becoming the portfolio holder for youth. She became CEO of the NGO Civic Trust, which promotes fair business practices, and founded a nonprofit that fights fraud against the elderly.[5]

Political career

In 2013, she joined Tzipi Livni's Hatnuah party and was placed ninth on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset elections, but the party won only six seats. Prior to the April 2019 elections she joined the Israel Resilience Party.[6] After the party joined the Blue and White alliance, she was given the seventeenth slot on the joint list,[7] and was subsequently elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 35 seats. She was re-elected in September 2019 and March 2020. In May 2020 she was appointed Minister for Social Equality in the new government.[8] In January 2021 she left Blue and White and joined Yesh Atid.[9] In July 2021 she resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law, remaining a government minister.[10]

As Minister for Social Equality, Cohen was in charge of implementing the government's 30-billion shekel five-year plan for the Arab sector.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Minister Merav Cohen resigns, replaced by Ruth Wasserman Lande" The Jerusalem Post, 6 January 2021, Gil Hoffman
  2. ↑ "Yesh Atid gov't: Lapid as Foreign Minister, Mickey Levy as Knesset Speaker" The Jerusalem Post, 13 June 2021, Staff writer
  3. ↑ The Woman in Charge of Implementing Israel's Plan for Arabs Haaretz
  4. 1 2 3 4 Meirav Cohen: Particulars Knesset
  5. ↑ The Woman in Charge of Implementing Israel's Plan for Arabs Haaretz
  6. ↑ "Report: Meirav Cohen joins Gantz's Israel Resilience Party" The Jerusalem Post, 7 February 2019
  7. ↑ 2019 Blue and White list CEC
  8. ↑ Levinson, Chaim; Lis, Jonathan "After Year of Deadlock and Days of Delays, Knesset Swears in New Israeli Government" Haaretz, 17 May 2020
  9. ↑ "Social Justice Minister Meirav Cohen jumps from Blue and White to Yesh Atid" The Times of Israel, 5 January 2021
  10. ↑ "Gideon Sa'ar, Meirav Cohen resigns from Knesset under Norwegian law". The Jerusalem Post. 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  11. ↑ The Woman in Charge of Implementing Israel's Plan for Arabs Haaretz
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