Nava Boker | |
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2015–2019 | Likud |
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Born | Israel | 15 November 1970
Nava Prehi-Boker ( Hebrew: נאוה פרחי-בוקר, born 15 November 1970) is an Israeli journalist and politician.
Nava Boker was born and raised in Pardes Hanna-Karkur. Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Yemen. A journalist by profession, Boker worked for both Yedioth Ahronoth and Ma'ariv, as well as Channel 1. She married and had two daughters, then divorced. At age 27, as a reporter, she met Hadera police chief Lior Boker, and married him. Due to difficulties with obtaining a marriage certificate from the Israeli rabbinate, she married Boker in what she described as an "alternative marriage." [1] In 2010 Lior was killed in the Mount Carmel forest fire. [2] She subsequently established a foundation to support fire and rescue workers. [3]
Prior to the 2015 Knesset elections she was placed 25th on the Likud list, [4] and was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 30 seats. [5] She lost her seat in the April 2019 elections. She subsequently participated in the 2020 VIP season of Survivor.
Boker lives in Hadera and has two daughters.
Nava Boker | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2015–2019 | Likud |
Personal details | |
Born | Israel | 15 November 1970
Nava Prehi-Boker ( Hebrew: נאוה פרחי-בוקר, born 15 November 1970) is an Israeli journalist and politician.
Nava Boker was born and raised in Pardes Hanna-Karkur. Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Yemen. A journalist by profession, Boker worked for both Yedioth Ahronoth and Ma'ariv, as well as Channel 1. She married and had two daughters, then divorced. At age 27, as a reporter, she met Hadera police chief Lior Boker, and married him. Due to difficulties with obtaining a marriage certificate from the Israeli rabbinate, she married Boker in what she described as an "alternative marriage." [1] In 2010 Lior was killed in the Mount Carmel forest fire. [2] She subsequently established a foundation to support fire and rescue workers. [3]
Prior to the 2015 Knesset elections she was placed 25th on the Likud list, [4] and was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 30 seats. [5] She lost her seat in the April 2019 elections. She subsequently participated in the 2020 VIP season of Survivor.
Boker lives in Hadera and has two daughters.