Idit Silman

Idit Silman was born in 1980 in Rehovot

Idit Silman was born in Rehovot to parents who immigrated from Morocco. She studied at Ulpana Tzfira and took part in Mafdal party activity as a teenager. In the IDF she was an instructor at the Sha'ar HaGai field school.

She earned a bachelor's degree and teaching certificate in life science and sports and a master's in physical education at the Wingate Institute. She worked as a teacher, then completed an MBA at the Peres Academic Center. She later worked in marketing at Clalit Health Services.

Silman joined the Jewish Home and entered the Knesset in April 2019 with the Union of Right-Wing Parties. She lost her seat later that year and moved to the New Right in 2020. In 2021 she returned with Yamina and became coalition whip and chair of the Health Committee.

On 6 April 2022 she left the coalition, and the Bennett government lost its majority and fell. She cited the health minister's order on chametz in hospitals and denied she had been promised a post. She ran 16th on the Likud list in 2022 and was elected.

In December 2022 she became Minister of Environmental Protection and left the Knesset under the Norwegian Law. She signed an environmental agreement with the US in 2023 and represented Israel at COP 29 in 2024. She is married to Shmuel Silman, has 3 children and lives in Rehovot.