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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]].

In October 2000, following a dispute with IBA management, she left IBA radio and joined the commercial [[Channel 2 (Israel)|Channel 2]] where she hosted an interview show. She was also featured as a social commentator on other news broadcasts, where she often criticized the concentration of wealth in the hands of the elite, as well as the links between money and political power. She also joined [[Israel Army Radio]] (''Galei Tzahal'') for a weekly segment.

===Life in politics===
On 29 November 2005, two weeks after [[Amir Peretz]] was voted chairman of the Labor Party, Yachimovich announced she was leaving journalism and entering politics. She ran in the Labor [[Primary election|primaries]] and attained ninth place. She was voted to the 17th Knesset in the [[Israeli legislative election, 2006|2006 elections]]. She retained her seat in the [[Israeli legislative election, 2009|2009 elections]], for which she was fifth on the Labor list. After [[Ehud Barak]] left the Labor Party to form [[Independence (Israeli political 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 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. The first independent polls taken from among labor party members after end of the membership drive confirm that she is at this time the leading contender for the position of chairman of the Labor party.

On September 22, 2011, Yachimovich was elected leader of the Labour Party in a run-off against [[Amir Peretz]].

===Depiction in Israeli popular culture===
A parody of Yachimovich played by [[Tal Friedman]], ''Helly'', has been a regular feature of [[Eretz Nehederet]], a popular satirical current affairs show in Israel. The parody focuses on her notoriously [[Feminism|feminist]] leanings, condescending rhetoric, and extensive use of "[[Air quotes]]".

==See also==
*[[Nahum Barnea]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{MKlink|id=782}}
* [http://www.shelly.org.il Selly Yachimovich official site (Hebrew)]

{{Current MKs}}

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