Background
She grew up in the Neve David neighbourhood and was a member of Bnei Akiva.
She grew up in the Neve David neighbourhood and was a member of Bnei Akiva.
After leaving the army she attended the Shaare Zedek nursing school, gaining a bachelor"s degree, before taking a master"s degree course in industrial engineering at the Technion.
Born in Haifa in 1965, Mualem was one of nine children. Her parents had immigrated from Morocco two months before her birth. She worked as a nurse at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, becoming the hospital"s Director of Risk Management.
She also lectured at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
After his death she served as Deputy and Acting Chairman of the Israel Defense Forces Widows and Orphans organisation. Having remarried, she was involved in fighting for Israel Defense Forces widows to continue to receive their pensions after remarrying.
However, she later withdrew from the final list. She was placed ninth on the party"s list for the 2015 elections, losing her seat as the party was reduced to eight seats.
However, she returned to the Knesset in October 2015 when party leader Naftali Bennett resigned his seat under the Norwegian Law in order to allow Mualem to become an MK again.
She served as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home between February 2013 and March 2015, and again since October 2015. Prior to the 2009 Knesset elections Mualem won fourth place on the Jewish Home list.