Date of birth 5 December 1912 1955–1956 Mapai Died July 26, 2007 Role Politician | Year of aliyah 1938 Name Senetta Yoseftal Place of birth Furth, Germany 1976–1977 Alignment | |
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Knessets Israeli legislative election, 1955, Israeli legislative election, 1973 | ||
Date of death 26 July 2007 (aged 94) | ||
Senetta Yoseftal (née Punfud) (Hebrew: סנטה יוספטל, 5 December 1912 – 26 July 2007) was an Israeli politician.
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Background
Yoseftal was born in Germany. She joined the HaBonim movement in 1933 and worked in HeHalutz Center in Berlin from 1934 to 1938. In 1936 she married Giora Yoseftal, later a member of the Knesset, and a minister in the 9th and 10th Israeli governments. She immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1938 and helped found Kibbutz Galed in 1945.
She was elected to the Knesset in the 1955 election as a member of Mapai, but gave up her seat after 14 months. She also appeared in the eighth Knesset as a member of the Alignment, replacing Zvi Guershoni after his death, but did not retain her seat in the 1977 election.
In December 2004 she was asked by the Kibbutz Movement to retire from her activities. Towards the end of her life she resided in Kibbutz Galed.