Yehudit Naot

Jehudit Naot, 2003

Jehudit Naot ( Hebrew יהודית נאות; * April 4, 1944 in Kirjat Chajim in Hebrew קרית חיים, League of Nations mandate for Palestine , today a district in the west of Haifa; † December 16, 2004 in Haifa , Israel ) was an Israeli biologist and politician .

biography

Yehudit Naot was born in Kirjat Chajim near the city of Haifa . She studied chemistry and biology at Technion , Israel's technical university, and then worked at the university. There she was also appointed professor. In 1975 she joined the Zionist, secular and liberal Shinui party , which was founded under the influence of the Yom Kippur War in 1974. She worked for Shinui in local politics for a long time, including as Deputy Mayor of Haifa from 1989 to 1991 and from 1993 to 1996.

She was Minister of Environment from February 2003 to October 2004 . During her tenure, she was diagnosed with cancer of the larynx , from which she eventually died.

Naot was married and had three children.

Web links

• Profile of Jehudit Naot on knesset.gov.il at the Knesset

Individual evidence

1. ^ Former Minister Yehudit Naot Succumbs to Cancer Knesset Member and former Environment Minister Yehudit Naot died Thursday from cancer , Israel National News, December 21, 2004
2. ↑ Ex-Environment Minister died of cancer ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , israelnetz.com, December 17, 2004  
3. ↑ Yehudit Naot . Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
4. ^ Yehudit Naot (1944-2004) . Jewish Agency for Israel. December 17, 2004. Accessed on September 22, 2013.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.