Dalia Rabin-Pelossof

Dalia Rabin-Pelossof (Hebrew: דליה רבין-פילוסוף‎, born 19 March 1950) is a former Israeli politician. The daughter of former Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Yitzhak Rabin, she served as a member of the Knesset for the Centre Party, New Way and the Labor Party between 1999 and 2003.

Dalia Rabin-Pelossof
Date of birth (1950-03-19) 19 March 1950
Place of birthIsrael
Knessets15
Faction represented in Knesset
1999–2001Centre Party
2001New Way
2001One Israel
2001–2003Labor Party

Biography

Born in 1950, Rabin-Pelossof gained an LLB and worked as an attorney.[1]

For the 1999 elections she was placed sixth on the Centre Party list,[2] and entered the Knesset as the party won six seats. She was appointed chairwoman of the Ethics Committee.

On 6 March 2001 she and two other Centre Party MKs broke away to establish a new faction, New Way.[3] The day after, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense in Ariel Sharon's new government.

On 26 March the other two New Way members resigned from the Knesset and were replaced by Centre Party MKs, leaving Rabin-Pelossof alone in the faction.[3] On 7 May 2001 she joined One Israel, which later became Labor-Meimad.[3] She resigned from her ministerial post on 1 August 2002. She lost her seat in the 2003 elections.

Rabin-Pelossof is married with two children.[1] She is the chairperson of the Yitzhak Rabin Center.[4]

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References
  1. Dalia Rabin-Pelosoff, MK Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  2. Parties and Lists Archived April 18, 2001, at the Wayback Machine The Jerusalem Post
  3. Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset website
  4. Center Staff
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