Anat Maor | |
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ענת מאור | |
Maor in 2010 | |
Faction represented in theKnesset | |
1992–2003 | Meretz |
Personal details | |
Born | (1945-05-28)28 May 1945 (age 79) Negba,Mandatory Palestine |
Anat Maor (Hebrew:ענת מאור; born 28 May 1945) is anIsraeli former politician who served as a member of theKnesset forMeretz between 1992 and 2003.
Born in kibbutzNegba during theMandate era, Maor studied atTel Aviv University gaining a BA in history and philosophy and an MA in labour management. She worked as a headmistress of a high school and a university lecturer, and also served as secretary of Negba and a director of theUnited States branch of the Kibbutz Zionist Immigration office.
She was first elected to the Knesset in 1992, and served as DeputySpeaker of the Knesset during her first term. After being re-elected in 1996, she chaired the subcommittee for the Advancement of Women in the Workplace and Economy. For the1999 elections she was placed fifth on the Meretz list,[1] and retained her seat for a second time. During her third term in the Knesset she chaired the Science and Technology Committee.
Maor lost her seat in the2003 elections.