Shulamit Aloni

Shulamit Aloni
שולמית אלוני
Shulamit Aloni in 1970
Ministerial roles
1974Minister without Portfolio
1992–1993Minister of Education and Culture
1993Minister without Portfolio
1993–1996Minister of Communications
1993–1996Minister of Science and the Arts
Faction represented in the Knesset
1965–1967Labor Alignment
1967–1968Labor Party
1968–1969Alignment
1974–1975Ratz
1975–1976Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement
1976–1981Ratz
1981–1984Alignment
1984–1992Ratz
1992–1996Meretz
Personal details
BornShulamit Adler
(1927-12-27)27 December 1927
Died24 January 2014(2014-01-24) (aged 86)
SpouseReuven Aloni
Children3
Alma materHebrew University, L.L.B | David Yellin College of Education, BA

Shulamit Aloni (née Adler) (Hebrew: שולמית אלוני‎; 27 December 1927 – 24 January 2014) was an Israeli politician. She founded the progressive Ratz party, was leader of the Meretz party, Leader of the Opposition from 1988 to 1990, and served as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993. In 2000, she won the Israel Prize. Throughout her decades-long political career, Aloni advocated for secularism, a peaceful solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, equal treatment of Arab citizens of Israel and Palestinians and introduced the law that decriminalised homosexuality.