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Keren Terner

Keren Terner Eyal is an Israeli civil servant and businesswoman who served as Director-General of the Ministry of Transport and of the Ministry of Finance, and was elected to the Knesset in 2026.

born 1979Director-General, Ministry of TransportDirector-General, Ministry of FinanceBennett 2026 Knesset member

Born: 3 May 1979
Occupation: chief executive officer, civil servant
Party: Bennett 2026
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Keren Terner was born in 1979

Keren Terner was born in 1979 and grew up in moshav Hadar Am. She earned a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in business management at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

She served in the IDF in the Moran unit as a training officer. She was discharged with the rank of First Lieutenant.

In 2004 she joined the Budget Division of the Ministry of Finance, where she worked on transport and foreign worker affairs. In 2011 she moved to the Ministry of Transport and later became deputy director-general. In 2016 she became the first woman to serve as the ministry's Director-General, working under ministers Israel Katz and Bezalel Smotrich.

In May 2020, while on maternity leave, she was removed from her post by incoming minister Miri Regev. Finance Minister Israel Katz then appointed her Director-General of the Ministry of Finance during the coronavirus crisis. She resigned in October 2020 amid disagreements with Katz.

In 2021 she joined the board of Amot and became a partner at the venture capital firm Vintage. In April 2026 she joined Naftali Bennett's party Bennett 2026, and she was elected to the Knesset that year.