Tzipi Livni

(1958- )

Tzipi Livni was born in Israel in 1958.

An attorney by profession, she holds an L.L.B. degree from Bar Ilan University.

Livni was an employee of the Mossad (1980-1984) and Director of the Registrar of Government Corporations.

Elected to the Knesset in 1999, she was a member of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, and the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women.

In March 2001, Tzipi Livni was appointed Minister for Regional Cooperation.

In February 2003, Tzipi Livni was appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption in the 30th Government, in which she also served as  Minister of Housing and Construction. In December 2004 she was appointed Minister of Justice, and in January 2006 - Minister of Foreign Affairs.

As one of the founding members of the Kadima Party, Minister Livni was  involved in the formulation and implementation of its policy.

In May 2006, Tzipi Livni was appointed Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 31st Government of Israel.

She also served as Minister of Justice from November 2006 until February 2007.

She is married and mother to two children.