Career
Radio Voice of Russia says she was the first former Soviet citizen in the government of Israel. Born in Leningrad in the Soviet Union (today Saint St. Petersburg in Russia), Landver made aliyah to Israel in 1979. In the 1996 elections she was elected to the Knesset on the Labor Party list.
She was re-elected in 1999 and served as Deputy Minister of Transportation between 12 August and 2 November 2002.
She lost her seat in the 2003 elections, but entered the Knesset on 11 January 2006 as a replacement for Avraham Shochat. However, she resigned on 8 February, and was replaced by Orna Angel.
Prior to the 2006 elections Landver joined Yisrael Beiteinu, and was placed seventh on its list. She was re-elected again in the 2009 elections after winning fifth place on the party"s list.
On 31 March she was appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption.
She was re-elected again in 2013 and retained her place in the cabinet. Although she retained her seat in the 2015 elections, Yisrael Beiteinu did not join the coalition government and Landver lost her ministerial portfolio. Landver currently lives in Ashdod, and is widowed, with one daughter.