Lea Fadida

Lea Fadida was born in 1968 in Haifa

Fadida was born in Haifa in 1968. Her mother immigrated from Romania and her father from Morocco. She grew up in Haifa and was a member of the Betar youth movement.

She served in the IDF as a youth instructor in Gadna. She earned a bachelor's degree in social science at the Open University of Israel and a master's degree in public policy at Tel Aviv University. She also studied wilderness management at the University of Montana.

In 1988 she began working for the Jewish National Fund as a tour guide and later held several posts there. She became its spokesperson in 2016 and head of its public relations and community division in 2017. In 1999 she was elected to the Yokneam Illit City Council and served as deputy mayor from 2002 until 2017.

She ran for the Knesset with Labor in 2013 and with the Zionist Union in 2015 without winning a seat. She entered the Knesset on 6 October 2017, replacing Erel Margalit. She was 19th on the Labor list in April 2019 and was not reelected.

In the 2024 municipal elections she ran for mayor of Yokneam and lost to Roman Pres. She is married with two children and lives in Yokneam Illit.