Education
Born in Chernivtsi in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Shemtov studied electronics engineering at Chernivtsi University before making aliyah to Israel in 1980.
Born in Chernivtsi in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Shemtov studied electronics engineering at Chernivtsi University before making aliyah to Israel in 1980.
Between 1990 and 2003 she worked for Amidar. In 1998 she was elected onto Nazareth Illit City Council, and in 2003 became its deputy mayor. During her first term she chaired the committee on the status of women.
She retained her seat in the 2009 elections after being placed fourteenth on the party"s list.
In 2013 she was elected back onto Nazareth Illit City Council.
Foreign the 2013 elections she was placed 49th on the joint Likud Yisrael Beiteinu list, losing her seat as the alliance won only 31 seats.
She was a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2006 and 2013.
