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Shelly Yachimovich
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|3|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kfar Sava]], [[Israel]]
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| Knesset(s) = [[Israeli legislative election, 2006|17th]], [[Israeli legislative election, 2009|18th]]
| Party = [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]]
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'''Shelly Yachimovich''' ({{lang-he|שלי יחימוביץ}}, born 28 March 1960) is an [[Israel]]i politician who has served as a member of the [[Knesset]] for the [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]] since 2006. Before entering politics, she worked as a journalist. Yachimovich was elected as leader of the Labour Party on September 22, 2011.

==Biography==
===Studies and career as a journalist===
Born in [[Kfar Saba]] in 1960 to [[Jews|Jewish]] immigrants from [[Poland]], Yachimovich in 1985 graduated [[Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]] in behavioural science.<ref>Israeli  
sp?mk_individual_id_t=782</ref> While a student in [[Beersheba]], she began a career in journalism as the southern correspondent for ''[[Al HaMishmar]].'' She later became an anchor of various shows on [[Israel Broadcasting Authority]] (IBA) radio station [[Reshet Bet]]. As a journalist, she covered women's and social welfare issues, and strongly advocated the withdrawal of the [[Israel Defense Forces]] from southern [[Lebanon]].

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[[Category:Israeli women writers]]
[[Category:Israeli Labor Party politicians]]

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