Miri Regev

Miri Regev
Date of birth 26 May 1965
Place of birth Kiryat Gat, Israel
Knessets 18, 19, 20
Faction represented in Knesset
2009– Likud
Miri Regev
Allegiance Israel Israel
Rank Brigadier-general
Commands held IDF Spokesperson

Miriam "Miri" Regev (Hebrew: מרים "מירי" רגב‎, born Miriam Siboni on May 26, 1965) is an Israeli politician and a former Brigadier-general in the Israel Defense Forces. She currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud, having previously worked as the IDF Spokeswoman.

Biography

Regev was born in Kiryat Gat in 1965 to Moroccan Jewish immigrant parents. In 1983 she joined the Gadna, where she became a platoon commander, serving in the position until 1986. She has a Master's Degree in Business and a Bachelor's Degree in Informal Education. She is married and has three children.[1]

Public relations career

Regev as the IDF Spokeswoman, 2005

She then began serving as the IDF Spokesperson's representative in the Israeli Southern Command. Regev was promoted to a Colonel rank for the position of Deputy IDF Spokesperson in 2002. In 2003, she was appointed coordinator of the national public relations efforts at the Israeli Prime Minister's Office in preparation for the Iraq War. After a short stint (2004–2005) as the Chief Press and Media Censor, she was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and to the position of IDF Spokesperson in 2005.[1] She served in this position during Israel's disengagement from Gaza in 2005 and the 2006 Lebanon War.[2] In 2007, she was discharged and was succeeded by Avi Benayahu.

Political career

In November 2008, Regev joined the Likud party, saying that she had been a supporter of the party's platform for many years.[3] She won twenty-seventh place on the party's list for the 2009 elections, just high enough to enter the Knesset as Likud won 27 seats.

In May 2012, Regev participated in an anti-immigration protest and called illegal Sudanese immigrants "a cancer in our body."[4] She later said that the quote was misrepresented, and apologized for seeming to compare human beings to cancer.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Appointment of new IDF Spokesperson". dover.idf.il. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
  2. ↑ "IDF Spokeswoman Miri Regev to leave army". Jerusalem Post. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Somfalvi, Attila (2 November 2008). "Benny Begin to run for Knesset". Ynetnews. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Nesher, Talila (24 May 2012). "Demonstrators attack African migrants in south Tel Aviv Israel News". Haaretz. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Hoffman, Gil (27 May 2012). "Miri Regev apologizes for calling migrants ‘cancer'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 26 December 2013.

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