Dalia Itzik
Dalia Itzik | |
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דליה איציק | |
Speaker of the Knesset | |
| 2007 | Acting President of Israel |
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| Born | 20 October 1952 Jerusalem, Israel |
Dalia Itzik (Hebrew: דליה איציק Dalya Itsik; born 20 October 1952) is a former Israeli politician who last served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima.[1] She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 became the first female speaker of the Knesset, and served as President of Israel in an interim capacity in July 2007.
Biography
Itzik was born in
On 26 October 1988, she was involved in a car accident that killed Knesset member Michael Reisser, who was driving to Jerusalem, when Reisser's car crashed into hers. Reisser was fatally wounded and died the following day, while Itzik was seriously injured.[2]
She is married to Danny, an employee of the Israel Electric Corporation. They have three children, Ran, Uri and Adi. The family lives in Jerusalem's Ramat Sharett neighborhood.[3]
Political career
Before being elected to the 13th Knesset in 1992, Itzik served as the deputy mayor of Jerusalem.
After being re-elected in 1996 and 1999, she was appointed
Re-elected in 2003, Itzik served as
Following the
After winning third place on the party's list, Itzik retained her seat in the 2009 elections and later became the chairperson of the party. On 5 December 2012, in the days leading up to the 2013 elections while polls showed Kadima either barely getting into the Knesset or not even passing the threshold, Itzik announced she was taking a break from politics and dropping out of the race.[4]
Itzik contested in the 2014 Israeli presidential election, coming third with 28 votes. Her supporters came from across the political spectrum.
References
- ^ Dalia Itzik becomes acting president The Jerusalem Post, 25 January 2007
- ^ a b "חדשות NRG - כוח איציק". Archived from the original on 13 February 2005.
- ^ Naama Lanski (13 September 2007). "The Quality of Dalia". Haaretz. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ Weisman, Leilach (5 December 2012). בחירות 2013: דליה איציק פורשת מהחיים הפוליטיים [Elections 2013: Dalia Itzik resigns from the political arena] (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
External links
- Dalia Itzik on the Knesset website
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