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Ronit Tirosh

Ronit Tirosh is an Israeli educator and politician who served as Director General of the Education Ministry and as a Kadima member of the Knesset from 2006 to 2013.

born 1953Director General of Education MinistryKadima Knesset memberBill to ban fur trade

Born: 8 December 1953, Tel Aviv
Occupation: politician, educator
Party: Kadima
Education: Tel Aviv University

Ronit Tirosh was born in 1953 in Tel Aviv

Ronit Tirosh was born in Tel Aviv on 8 December 1953. She served in the Intelligence Corps.

At Tel Aviv University she earned a BA in Arabic literature and general philosophy. She later received an MA in educational management there in 1986. She began doctoral studies in 2000 but put them on hold.

She began teaching Arabic in 1977 and later taught at Municipal High School Tet in Tel Aviv, where she became vice-principal and then principal. In 1997 she became head of the education administration of the Tel Aviv Municipality. In 2001 Education Minister Limor Livnat appointed her Director General of the Education Ministry, a period of budget cuts and disputes with teacher unions.

She joined Kadima in 2005 and entered the Knesset in 2006. She was reelected in 2009 and proposed a bill to ban the fur trade in Israel. She lost her seat in the 2013 elections.

In 2019 she became chair of the football referees' association. She is married, has 3 children and lives in Ramat Gan.