Politicsנאוה ארד

Nava Arad

Nava Arad was an Israeli politician and social worker who served in the Knesset from 1981 to 1992 and from 1995 to 1996.

1938 to 2022Knesset member for the AlignmentSecretary general of Na'amatFounding the Gil pensioners' list

Born: 4 December 1938, Hulda
Died: 21 February 2022, Ramat Gan
Occupation: politician, social worker, trade unionist
Party: Alignment
Education: University of London, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Nava Arad was born in 1938 in Hulda

Nava Arad was born in 1938 in kibbutz Hulda. Her father, David Berman, headed the local council of Hadera and became its first mayor.

She served in the IDF as a welfare sergeant in the Nahal. She studied teaching at Beit Berl, earned a degree in social work from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and completed a master's degree in social policy in London.

She was national secretary of the Social Workers Union from 1964 to 1970. She joined the Histadrut central committee in 1974 and was secretary general of Na'amat from 1977 to 1981.

She entered the Knesset in 1981 for the Alignment and lost her seat in 1992. After Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, the Supreme Court ruled she could take his seat, and she returned in 1995. She later left the Labor Party and led the Gil pensioners' list, which did not win seats in 1996 or 1999.

She lived in Ramat Gan and had a son. She died in 2022.