Deputy Prime Minister Tzipora "Tzipi" Livni of Israel
Livni is a vegetarian since age 12 Besides her native tongue, Hebrew, Livni also speaks English and French.
During the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict, Livni was criticized by Arab League Chairman Amre Moussa for her declaration that 'there's no humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Foreign Minister and Minister of Justice.
star in Ariel Sharons center-right Kadima Party.
and called upon the leadership to cooperate.
Livni is only the second woman in Israel's history to serve as the foreign minister since the legendary Golda Meir, who held that post half a century ago.
In 2005, Livni joined former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and other senior politicians to form the centrist Kadima Party.
Livni is a contender to succeed Sharon as leader of the Kadima party, and it's believed that Livni will follow Meir as prime minister one day.
as Minister of Housing and Construction.
In April 2007, Livni was again recognized, this time by Time magazine, who named her one of the 100 most influential people on the planet.
Name at birth: Tzipora Malka LivniTzipi Livni was elected to be leader of Israel's centrist Kadima party in September of 2008, making her the potential successor to Ehud Olmert as Israel's prime minister.
Born in Tel Aviv, Livni is the daughter of Eitan Livni (born in Poland) and Sara Rosenberg, both prominent former Irgun members.
According to her childhood friend Mirla Gal, Livni is a vegetarian.
When Likud leader Ariel Sharon became prime minister in July 2001, Livni was appointed Minister of Regional Cooperation, and thereafter held various Cabinet positions including Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Minister of Housing and Construction.
In Sharon's Cabinet, Livni was an avid supporter of the prime minister's disengagement plan and was generally considered to be among the key dovish or moderate members of the Likud party.
Ahead of the 28 March elections Livni was appointed to be the new Foreign Minister, while continuing to serve as Justice Minister, as a result of the mass resignation of Likud Party members from the government.
Upon declaring victory in the leadership election, Livni said the "national responsibility (bestowed) by the public brings me to approach this job with great reverence.
Livni has asked President Shimon Peres for early elections, scheduled for 10 February 2009.
and Sara Rosenberg, bothformer Irgun members.
a leader of the left wing faction of the Likud party.
to support the disengagement process and ensured ratification of disengagement in the Knesset.
peace negotiations with the Syrians.
Barak realizes that Livni is likely to win the Kadima primary.
Barak realizes that Livni has NO chance of forming a new coalition in which he would serve, because if Livni wins Shas is out, and there is no way anyone to Kadima's right will go into the coalition.
Livni is a serious political threat to the current Israeli PM Ehud Olmert for the affection of Kadima Party voters.
Livni was born in Tel Aviv on July 5, 1958.
Tzipora (Tzipi) Livni was born in 1958 in Tel Aviv to Eitan and Sarah Livni.
With the forming of the unity government in 2001, Livni was named minister of regional development, but step down; later to be named agricultural minister.
which named her one of its Knights of Governance for that year.
In early 2005 Livni was named justice minister and in November of that year she followed Ariel Sharon, left the Likud and joined Kadima.
Voted one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people for 2007, Livni is the second woman to be named foreign minister of Israel.
Livni is married to Naftali Spitzer and has two children, Omri and Yuval.
Some observers believe Livni has emerged from the recent Knesset elections, and the negotiations for the formation of Israel's 31st Government, as the second most powerful politician in Israel, after Olmert.
Livni is Israeli's second-ever female foreign minister, the first being Golda Meir several decades prior.
Highly-rated by both right and centrist Israelis, Livni received the Abirat Ha-Shilton (Quality of Governance) award for 2004.
With Sharon's accession as Prime Minister in July 2001, Livni was appointed Minister of Regional Cooperation, and thereafter held various positions including Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Minister of Housing and Construction.
Livni is considered to be the most popular politician in Israel, appreciated by most parties.
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said a few months ago in a series of closed discussions that in her opinion that Iranian nuclear weapons do not pose an existential threat to Israel, Haaretz magazine reveals in an article on Livni to be published Friday.
Tzipora (Tzipi) Livni is Foreign Affairs Minister and Vice Prime Minister of the state of Israel.
Livni is a leading member of the centrist Kadima Party.
Livni was first elected to the Knesset as a member of the Likud party in 1999.
When Likud leader Ariel Sharon became prime minister in July 2001, Livni was appointed Minister of Regional Cooperation, and thereafter held various Cabinet positions.
In the selection of candidates for the March 2006 Knesset election, Livni was awarded the number three position on Kadimas list of candidates, which effectively guaranteed her election to the Knesset.
On 17 September 2008, Livni was elected leader of the Kadima party, giving her the opportunity to seek to form a government that would gain support from a majority of the Knesset.
Before joining politics, Livni has been working as a lawyer.
Foreign Minister Shaul Livni said today…” – sounds better than Tzipi.
Ms Livni is described as a Hard Line Zionist Extremist, somewhat to the right of Bibi Netanyahu.
Ms Livni is a decisive person, who knows her mind and her goals.
Tzipi LivniPolitical LeaderBorn: 8 July 1958Birthplace: Tel Aviv, IsraelBest known as: The leader of Israel's Kadima party, 2008-presentName at birth: Tzipora Malka LivniTzipi Livni was elected to be leader of Israel's centrist Kadima party in September of 2008, making her the potential successor to Ehud Olmert as Israel's prime minister.
Livni said she would launch coalition talks on Friday, even though President Shimon Peres cannot officially ask her to try to put together a government until Olmert resigns the premiership.
Livni is the daughter of Eitan Livni and Sara Rosenberg, bothformer Irgun members.
Tzipi Livni is married to Naftali Spitzer.
After the Likud assumed power in 2001, Livni was appointed Minister of Regional Cooperation, and then was Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Minister of Housing and Construction.
Livni was a key supporter of Ariel Sharon's Disengagement plan and was a leader of the "left wing" faction of the Likud party.
Tzipy Livni was instrumental in getting Benjamin Netanyahu to support the disengagement process and ensured ratification of disengagement in the Knesset.
Before the elections of March 28, Tzipy Livni was appointed Foreign Minister in the transition government.
Though Livni has been sharply criticized by the Israeli right for advancing peace negotiations and willingness to compromise, her tenure as foreign minister and her style includes aggressive and repeated denunciations of terror as well as clear emphasis on the legitimacy of Israel and of Zionist ideology, and frank assertion of Jewish national rights.
Livni was active in promoting the Annapolis peace talks and the opening of indirect peace negotiations with the Syrians.
Tzipi Livni has not made it clear what her "plan B" might be, if the peace process does not succeed.
Livni was elected as the leader of the ruling Kadima party on September 17, 2008.
Livni was raised in a strongly nationalist family - her father was a member of the Irgun group.
Livni was duly installed as Kadima chairperson.
Highly-rated by both right and left-wing Israelis, Livni received the "Quality of Governance" award for 2004.
Livni was an avid supporter of Ariel Sharons disengagement plan and was generally considered to be among the key dovish members of the Likud party.
Eight days later, Livni joined Sharon in his departure from the Likud and joined his new party, Kadima.
ruling Kadima Party, succeeding Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
public office, Livni has served just nine years.
Ha-Shilton (“Quality of Governance”) award for 2004.
Meet Tzipi Livni, Israeli Affairs Foreign Minister and Acting Prime Minister who has recently been nominated by the Kadima Party for Israeli Prime Minister.
Tzipi Livni was elected leader of the Kadima Party in Israel on September 17, 2008.
Tzipora Malka Livni was born on July 8, 1958 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Livni was a Lieutenant in the Israel Defense Forces.
Livni is married to Naftali Spitzer, an accountant.
Charlie Rose interviewed her and she came off very erudite, civil, poised, reflective, and genuinely frinedly.
When Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was asked point blank by al-Jazeera's anchorman if Israel had an arrangement with Arab regimes to commit the Gaza.
Tzipi Livni was elected to be leader of Israel's centrist Kadima party in September of 2008, making her the potential successor to Ehud Olmert as Israel's prime minister.
Livni has deep roots in Israeli politics: as noted by The Guardian, "Her father, Eitan, was the chief of operations in Menachem Begin's anti-British Irgun underground movement and her mother, Sara, was an Irgun soldier.
Livni married Naftali Spitzer, an advertising executive, in 1984.
Following the March 2006 Knesset election and the subsequent negotations for formation of Israel's 31st Government, some observers believed that Livni had emerged as the second most powerful politician in Israel, after Ehud Olmert.
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Tzipi Livni is an extremely popular politician in Israel.
Livni was an employee of the Mossad (1980-1984) and Director of the Registrar of Government Corporations.
The majority of Kadima voters feel that Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is the most suitable person to lead the party in the next elections to Knesset, s survey conducted by the Shvakim Panorama marketing research institute and published Thursday on Israel Rwww.
Tzipi Livni had been looking over Ehud Olmert's shoulder for almost two years as Olmert self-destructed.
Early Life and Family: Tzipora Malka Tzipi Livni was born on July 8, 1958, in Tel Aviv, Israel, the daughter of Eitan and Sarah Livni, both of whom had fought in Israels war of independence as members of Irgun, the militant Zionist and underground terrorist organization.
Livni was a member of the Betar scouts, the Zionist youth movement founded by Ze'ev Jabotinsky.
Tzipi Livni in the Israeli Military and the Mossad : Like all Israeli citizens, male or female, Livni joined the military and becoming a lieutenant at age 22.
Olmert did not resign until September 2008, when Livni was elected Kadima party leader and tasked with forming a new government, which she would head until the next election.
Livni's Philosophy : Tzipi Livni is committed to Israel as a Jewish state and to Israeli security foremost.
Livni's Character and Reputation: Livni is respected for her intelligence, her directness, her candor and her freshness, a characterization that has recurred throughout her political career.
The praise continues: "The ambitious Livni has become the new 'Iron Lady' who will make decisions of war and peace that will determine the region's future… Livni has all of the abilities that make it possible for her to accept this high office.
The bird's wingsTishreen's editor gives a short summary of Livni's career and says that during her tenure in the Mossad"Livni has become the new 'Iron Lady' who will make decisions of war and peace that will determine the region's future.
The paper also noted that Livni is "the daughter of a senior member of the Etzel terror organization headed by Menachem Begin" and notes that her father was sentenced to 15 years in jail but escaped from prison.
Pundits describe Livni as a dove among hawks, Tishreen noted, and asked: "What does this bird, with her grand 'historic' record, carry under her wings?"Likud BarbThe editorial adds: "Livni knows well the demands for peace, and knows that returning the conquered Arab lands to their owners is the key to creating a just and comprehensive peace.
Livni has won her party's vote to become the next prime minister of Israel.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has been elected the leader of the ruling Kadima party, beating her opponent, Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz, by a mere 2 percent.
Livni was brought into big time politics by Ariel Sharon.
First, Livni has an impeccable reputation.
Second, Livni has already amassed considerable political experience as foreign minister.
However, despite her military background, Livni is considered Olmert's dove, rather than Sharon's hawk.
Livni is ready to talk only with Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian National Authority and does not want to hear anything about Hamas.
Livni is not likely to convince Israeli society to return the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel during the 1967 war, to Syria.
Tzipi Livni was duly installed as Kadima chairperson.
After the March 2006 Knesset election, Livni was described as "the second most powerful politician in Israel.
Livni is the second woman in Israel to hold the post of foreign minister, after Golda Meir.
But don’t be fooled: Tzipi (Tzipora) Livni is nobody’s close friend.
The reason is that Livni is the quintessential envoy of “Middle Israel.
Despite her brief spell in Mossad, Israel’s spy service, Livni is deeply civilian when set against Israel’s militarized landscape.
Moreover, Livni is as clean as politicians come.
Livni is also an unpretentious person, not quite as ascetic as Menachem Begin and David Ben Gurion, but far humbler than Israel’s last four prime ministers, all men of sturdy egos and large expense accounts.
Livni is a selective and unsentimental peacemaker.
Far removed from left-wing apologetics, Livni is a self-righteous believer in Israel’s basic right to exist.
In Israel’s lively market of ideological debates, the fact that Livni is a woman is almost beside the point.
An MP, who urged the minister to wash his hands after meeting Israel Foreign Minister Tzipora Tzipi Livni, later backtracked saying he was only suggesting that Ms Livni was dirty.
Such is the factious nature of Israeli politics that Tzipi Livni, despite having won the largest partys leadership poll, is not certain of becoming prime minister.
Lieutenant, former MP, 50-year-old Livni has been Minister of Regional Cooperation, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Minister of Housing and Construction, Minister of Justice, and currently Foreign Minister.
TZIPI LIVNI, as her name indicates, is the white bird of Israeli politics (Tzipi is short for Tzipora, bird, and Livni comes from Lavan, white.