Hila Vazan

Hila Shai-Vazan (Hebrew: הילה שי-וזאן‎, born 16 April 1980) is an Israeli journalist and politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for the Blue and White party between June 2020 and January 2021.

Hila Vazan
Date of birth (1980-04-16) 16 April 1980
Place of birthBat Yam, Israel
Knessets23
Faction represented in Knesset
2020–2021Blue and White

Biography

Shai-Vazan was born in Bat Yam in 1980 to Malka and Alex, Libyan Jewish immigrants from Benghazi and Tripoli respectively. She earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree in political science and media at Bar-Ilan University, where she became a spokeswoman for the student union. She established the union's newspaper in 2002, becoming its publisher. In 2007 she joined Yedioth Ahronoth, initially as a correspondent. She moved to Channel 10 News in 2011, before joining Channel 2.

Becoming involved in politics, she managed the election headquarters of the Jewish Home in 2012.[1] In the 2013 local elections she was placed second on the party's list in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut and was elected to the city council as it won two seats. She joined the Israel Resilience Party prior to the April 2019 elections, and when it became part of the Blue and White alliance, she was placed forty-first on the alliance's list.[2] However, it won only 35 seats. She was given the fortieth spot for the September 2019 elections,[3] again failing to win a seat. Given the thirty-ninth slot for the March 2020 elections, she again failed to win a seat, but entered the Knesset on 21 June as a replacement for Yizhar Shai,[4] who had resigned his seat under the Norwegian Law after being appointed to the cabinet. She resigned from the Knesset on 31 January 2021 in order to join New Hope and was replaced by Anat Knafo.[5]

References
  1. 4 religious women to enter Knesset Israel National News, 17 June 2020
  2. Blue & White list for the 21st Knesset elections Central Election Committee
  3. Blue & White list for the 22nd Knesset elections Central Election Committee
  4. Replacements Among Knesset Members Knesset
  5. Gil Hoffman (31 January 2021). "South African MK Wasserman returning to Knesset". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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