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'''Shelly Yachimovich''' ({{lang-he|שלי יחימוביץ}}, born 28 March 1960) is an [[Israel]]i journalist and politician. Since 2006, she has been a member of the [[Knesset]] for the [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]]. Yachimovich was elected chairman of the Labor Party on September 22, 2011.

==Biography==
Shelly Yachimovtich was born in [[Kfar Saba]]. Her parents immigrated to Israel from [[Poland]].  In 1985, Yachimovich graduated [[Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]] with a degree in behavioural science.<ref>Israeli
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==Journalism and media career==
While studying in [[Beersheba]], she worked as a correspondent for ''[[Al HaMishmar]]'' newspaper. She went on to become an  anchor for the [[Israel Broadcasting Authority]]'s radio station [[Reshet Bet]]. As a journalist, she covered women's and social welfare issues. In October 2000, following a work dispute, she left her radio job and joined  [[Channel 2 (Israel)|Channel 2]] TV, where she hosted a political talk show and served as a news commentator. She also did a weekly program for [[Israel Army Radio]] (''Galei Tzahal'').

===Political career===
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 Labor Party in a run-off against Peretz.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{Current MKs}}

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