Chen Arieli

Chen Arieli
Deputy Mayor at Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2019
Personal details
Born (1976-07-09) 9 July 1976 (age 48)
Haifa, Israel
Political partyLabor

Chen Arieli (Hebrew: חן אריאלי) is the Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality. In charge of the welfare and public health administration in the city. Arieli is the first openly lesbian woman to hold the Deputy Mayor position in Tel Aviv-Yafo.[1][2] She joined politics after 20 years of working in civil society. Arieli defines herself as a feminist.

Chen Arieli was born on July 9, 1976, and raised in Haifa to Dan and Leah, a sister to Orly Zarfati and Ran Arieli.[3]

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  2. ^ Masters, Jeffrey (August 15, 2019). "Meet the New Lesbian Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv". Advocate. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. ^ ארי, אורית פרץ (2015-11-10). "יש בית לקהילה הגאה". חיפה טיימס haifa-times (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2021-06-28.