Idit Silman

Idit Silman
Official portrait, 2019
Ministerial roles
2022–Minister of Environmental Protection
Faction represented in the Knesset
2019Union of Right-Wing Parties
2021–2022Yamina
2022–2023Likud
Personal details
Born
Idit Levy

(1980-10-27) 27 October 1980 (age 44)
Rehovot, Israel
SpouseShmuel Silman
Children3

Idit Silman (Hebrew: עִידִּית סִילְמָן, born 27 October 1980) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as the Minister of Environmental Protection. Silman previously served as a member of the Knesset for Likud from 2022 to 2023, for Yamina from 2021 to 2022, and for the Union of Right-Wing Parties in 2019.[1] She was the parliamentary whip of the coalition from 2021,[2] until her resignation from the coalition on 6 April 2022, after which she maintained her Knesset seat and shifted the balance of power between coalition and opposition.[3]

  1. ^ "חברת הכנסת עידית סילמן". Knesset (in Hebrew). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. ^ "New government starts process of taking power after 12 years of Netanyahu". The Times of Israel. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. ^ Ravid, Barak (6 April 2022). "Israeli government on brink of collapse after key lawmaker quits coalition". Axios. Retrieved 6 April 2022.