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{{Infobox member of the Knesset
| image=Shelly Yachimovich.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|3|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kfar Sava]], [[Israel]]
| Year of Aliyah =
| death_date =
| Knesset(s) = [[Israeli legislative election, 2006|17th]], [[Israeli legislative election, 2009|18th]]
(contracted; show full)itical party)|Independence]] in January 2011, a poll found that Yachimovich was the most popular of the likely candidates for leadership of the Labor Party.<ref>{{cite news|title=Poll finds Yachimovich to be most popular Labor figure|author=Yossi Verter|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/poll-finds-yachimovich-to-be-most-popular-labor-figure-1.338020|newspaper=[[Haaretz]]|date=January 20, 2011|accessdate=January 20, 2011}}</ref> 

On March 3rd 2011 Yachimovich declared her candidacy 
for chairman and engaged in an energetic effort to sign up new members to the party. By the time the membership drive ended on June 6th, 2011, Yachimovich according to estimates, had signed up more than 17,300 new members. In the primary elections for chairman held on September 12th Yachimovich came in first among the 4 remaining contenders and beat Amir Peretz by a slim margin, 32% to 31% with Itzhak Herzog garnering 25% and Amram Mitzna 12% of the votes, respectively. Since the Labor party constitution requires a mini(contracted; show full)[[Category:Israeli people of Polish origin]]
[[Category:Children of Holocaust survivors]]
[[Category:People from Kfar Saba]]

[[cs:Šeli Jachimovič]]
[[he:שלי יחימוביץ']]
[[pl:Shelli Yehimovich]]
[[fi:Shelly Yachimovich]]