Miki Haimovich

Miki Haimovich (Hebrew: מִיקִי חַיְימוֹבִיץ׳  pronounced [ˈmiki χajˈmovitʃ]; born 15 June 1962) is a television presenter[1] and an Israeli politician.

Miki Haimovich
Haimovich
Date of birth (1962-06-15) 15 June 1962
Place of birthTel Aviv, Israel
Knessets21, 22, 23
Faction represented in Knesset
2019–Blue and White

Biography

Michal (Miki) Haimovich earned a BA in political science from Tel Aviv University. Haimovich is vegan and in 2012 she launched the Meatless Monday Israel initiative.[2][3]

Media career

Haimovich worked as a researcher for Channel 1 programmes Mabat Sheni and Boker Tov Israel. In 1990, she began editing the news for the Matav cable channel, later becoming chief editor.

In 1993, she and Ya'akov Eilon became the first news anchors on the new commercial Channel 2, until moving to Channel 10 together, in 2002.

In June 2011, Haimovich resigned from the Channel 10 news.[4]

Political career

In 2012, Haimovich joined a non-partisan campaign enlisting leading artists, television presenters and journalists to encourage voter participation in the 2013 Knesset elections.[5]

She was elected to the Knesset in the April 2019 Israeli legislative election as a member of the Israel Resilience Party,[6] a part of the Blue and White alliance. She will not be included in Blue & White's electoral list for the 2021 Israeli legislative election, following her vote against a budget extension, which effectively caused the dissolution of the government.[7]

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