Orly Levy

Orly Levy
Date of birth 11 November 1973 (1973-11-11) (age 38)
Place of birth Beit She'an, Israel
Knessets 18
Party Yisrael Beiteinu

Orly Levy-Abekasis (Hebrew: אורלי לוי‎, born 11 November 1973) is an Israeli politician. She is a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu and serves as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset.

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Biography

Orly Levy was born in Beit She'an. She is the daughter of former Foreign Affairs Minister David Levy. She did her national service in the Israeli Air Force and later earned a law degree. Before going into politics she worked as a model and a television host.[1]

Levy is married with three children and lives on Kibbutz Mesilot.[2]

Political career

For the 2009 elections, Levy was placed sixth on the Yisrael Beiteinu list,[3] and entered the Knesset after the party won fifteen seats.

References

  1. ^ Peraino, Kevin (2009-02-07). "From a Catwalk to Knesset". Newsweek (Feb 16, 2009). http://www.newsweek.com/id/183707. Retrieved 2009-02-24. 
  2. ^ Knesset profile
  3. ^ "The party lists for Feb. 10". February 2, 2009. http://jta.org/news/article/2009/02/02/1002697/party-lists. Retrieved June 6, 2009. 

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