Meirav Cohen
Meirav Cohen (; born 26 August 1983) is an Israeli politician. She is a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid, was an MK for the Blue and White alliance from 2019 to 2021 and served as Minister for Social Equality from May 2020 to January 2021. She took up the post again in June 2021. Biography. Cohen was born in Jerusalem to Solange Shulamit ( Pouni) and Saadia Cohen, who were Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Morocco. She attended Harel High School in Mevaseret Zion. During her military service in the Israel Defense Forces, she served in the Army Radio  as a producer and editor. She graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a BA in economics and business administration, and an MA in business administration and urban studies. In 2004 she was appointed socio-economic spokesperson of the Prime Minister's Office. In 2011 Cohen was elected to Jerusalem City Council as part of the Jerusalem Awakening party, becoming the portfolio holder for youth. She also joined Hatnuah and was placed ninth on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset elections, but the party won only six seats. Prior to the April 2019 elections she joined the  Israel Resilience Party. After the party joined the Blue and White alliance, she was given the seventeenth slot on the joint list, and was subsequently elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 35 seats. She was re-elected in September 2019 and March 2020. In May 2020 she was appointed Minister for Social Equality in the new government. In January 2021, she left Blue and White and joined Yesh Atid. In July 2021, she resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law. Cohen is married to Yuval Admon and has three children. The family reside in the Yefeh Nof  neighborhood of Jerusalem.