Orit Zuaretz

Orit Zuaretz
Date of birth	21 February 1967 (1967-02-21) (age 44)
Place of birth	Soviet Union
Year of aliyah	1971
Knessets	18th
Party	Kadima

Orit Zuaretz (Hebrew: אורית זוארץ‎, born 21 February 1967) is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Kadima.

Biography

Born Svetlana Czerniak in the Soviet Union, Zuaretz made aliyah to Israel in 1971. She gained a BA in Social Science studied towards an MA in the New Age Middle East.

She was elected onto the Tzoran-Kadima local council in 2003, serving as the town's deputy mayor until 2006. She also served as a member of the Jewish Agency Directors Forum for Russian-speaking elected representatives.

Prior to the 2009 elections she was placed twenty-eighth on the Kadima list, and entered the Knesset when the party won 28 seats.

Zuaretz lives in Tzoran-Kadima and is married with three children.

External links

• Orit Zuaretz Knesset website

Persondata
Name	Zuaretz, Orit
Alternative names
Short description	Israeli politician
Date of birth	21 February 1967
Place of birth	Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death