Background
ARAD, Nava was born on December 4, 1938 in Kibutz Huida, Israel.
ARAD, Nava was born on December 4, 1938 in Kibutz Huida, Israel.
Teacher’s Seminary, Bachelor of Education. Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Bachelor of Arts, social work, Master of Arts, social admin. London School of Economics, United Kingdom, social work.
Spoken languages: Hebrew, English.
Born in kibbutz Hulda during the Mandate era, Arad served as a welfare sergeant in Nahal brigade during her national service in the Israel Defense Forces. She gained a Bachelor from the Beit Berl Teachers College, another bachelor"s degree in social work from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an Master of Arts in social administration and social policy from the University of London. She worked as a teacher and social worker, and became national secretary of the Social Workers Union. She chaired the Committee for Income Maintenance in the Prime Minister"s Advisory Council on Society and Welfare during Yitzhak Rabin"s second spell as Prime Minister, as well as the Workers" Faction in the Bituah Leumi council.
In 1981 she was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list.
She was re-elected in 1984 and 1988, but lost her seat in the 1992 elections. She returned to the Knesset on 5 November 1995 as a replacement for the assassinated Rabin, but on 7 March the following year left the Labor Party to sit as an independent.
Foreign the May 1996 elections she founded the Gil list, a pensioner"s party, but it failed to cross the electoral threshold, and she lost her seat.
Jewish
She was also a member of the Histadrut central committee, secretary general of Na"amat, and vice-president and Middle East representative of Socialist International Women.
Chairwoman, Mishan (Israel’s largest network of homes for the aged).
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