Pnina Tamano-Shata
Pnina Tamano - Schata (Hebrew פנינה תמנו - שטה; * 1981 in Wuzaba, Amhara ) is an Israeli lawyer, journalist and politician ( Yesh Atid ). In the parliamentary elections in Israel 2013, she was elected as the first Ethiopian Jew in the Knesset.
Life
Tamano - Schata came as part of Operation Moses in 1984 with her father and four siblings from Ethiopia to Israel. Her mother and two other sisters were found by the Jewish Agency for Israel in Ethiopia and then also brought to Israel. Your date of birth according Pass is November 1, 1981, but this had been chosen rather arbitrarily because of insufficient public records. She spent the first years in a detention center and then in Petah Tikva. Her grandfather is wharves Schato, a spiritual leader of the Ethiopian Jews. She speaks Amharic, English and Hebrew. Your service in the IDF, she completed as a officer. Tamano - Schata received various scholarships and studied law at the Ono Academic College in Kiryat Ono, near Tel Aviv. Among other things, it was promoted for Science in the " Sparks of Science " program at the Weizmann Institute. She was deputy chairman of the Israeli- Ethiopian Student Association. She has worked as in-house counsel for an investment bank and serves as the official representative of Israel's foreign delegations. 2007-2012 she worked as a court reporter for Israeli Channel 1. She is responsible for promoting äthiopischstämmiger academics at the Foundation " Olim Beyachad ".
Tamano - Schata had offers from various parties, but felt there rather in a fig-leaf role. With the approaches of Yesh Atid they could identify with, even if their more conservative family their commitment to this progressive party looked very skeptical initially.
In the parliamentary elections on January 22, 2013 Tamano - Schata occurred on number 14 in the list of their party and was elected to the Knesset. She is there, the first Ethiopian Jew, but with Shlomo Mallo and Adisu Massala previously were already two belonging to this group of men at the Knesset. Tamano - Schata focuses primarily socio-political priorities, the housing and school situation of the Jews from East Africa is still problematic. There are also strong prejudice against this population. The fight against discrimination by schools and authorities and aid in the solution of problems with the Chief Rabbinate responsible for civil matters pertaining to their fields of work. Shortly after her election, she took over the chairmanship of a committee of the Knesset for the investigation of allegations that isolated Ethiopian- Israeli women were treated from administrative bodies without their knowledge or sufficient information with three -month injections and long-term contraception.
Tamano - Schata is married and has two children.