Debbie Biton
Debbie Biton | |
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| File:Dvorah "Debbie" Biton.jpeg | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2022– | Yesh Atid |
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| Born | 25 June 1965 Sderot, Israel |
Dvora "Debbie" Biton (Hebrew: דבורה "דבי" ביטון; born 25 June 1965) is an Israeli lawyer and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Biton was born in Sderot on 25 June 1965.[1] She has a master's degree in law and worked for a time as a lawyer.[2]
Biton served as Yesh Atid's leader in Sderot beginning in 2013.[2] In 2013 she ran for the mayoralty of Sderot, finishing in last place with 3.5% of the vote.[3] She was placed thirty-seventh on the Yesh Atid for the 2015 Knesset elections, but failed to be elected. In the 2018 municipal elections she ran for Sderot's City Council at the head of a local party list, which received only 585 and failed to win a seat.[4] She was forty-ninth on the joint Blue and White list for the April 2019 elections, but again missed out.
Prior to the 2022 Knesset elections Biton was placed twenty-first on the Yesh Atid list,[5] and was elected to the Knesset as the party won 24 seats.[6]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Biton is married, has three children and resides in Sderot.[7]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Debbie Biton on the Knesset website