Mati Tzarfati Harkabi

Mati Tzarfati Harkabi was born in 1962 in Kiryat Ata

She was born in 1962 in Kiryat Ata to parents of Greek origin. Her father died in a road accident during reserve duty when she was a baby, and she grew up with her mother and stepfather. She served in the Israeli Air Force.

She studied agriculture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning a first degree in animal science. In 1992 she completed a doctorate there in plant genetics. She then worked at Hazera Genetics as a plant variety researcher and later as a product manager.

She was active in community work and volunteered with the Border Police. In 2011 she was elected head of the Yoav Regional Council with 54% of the vote, and in 2018 she was reelected unopposed. In 2017 she joined Yesh Atid with 6 other regional council heads.

In the 2022 elections she was placed 18th on the Yesh Atid list and entered the Knesset. She sat on committees for the status of women, science and technology, and public projects. In the next elections she was placed 33rd and was not elected.

She is married to Eran Harkabi and has 3 children. Since 1990 she has lived in Moshav Segula, where the family runs a vineyard farm.