Tali Ploskov

Tali Ploskov
Date of birth	(1962-07-30) 30 July 1962
Place of birth	Bălți, Soviet Union
Year of aliyah	1991
Knessets	20
Faction represented in Knesset
2015–	Kulanu

Tali Ploskov (Hebrew: טלי פלוסקוב‎, born 30 July 1962) is an Israeli politician. She currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kulanu.

Biography

Ploskov was born in Bălți in the Soviet Union (today in Moldova). She worked in the school system in the city until immigrating to Israel in 1991. After arriving in Israel she worked as a nurse in a nursing home. She later became a maid at a hotel on the Dead Sea, before starting to work at a bank.

A member of Yisrael Beiteinu, she was elected to Arad City Council, was deputy mayor in 2007, and in 2010 won the city's mayoral election, becoming the first female Soviet immigrant to hold a mayoralty. She was re-elected in 2014 with 55% of the vote.

Prior to the 2015 elections she joined the new Kulanu party, and was placed sixth on its list. She was elected to the Knesset as the party won ten seats.

Ploskov obtained a BA in psychology and is also Deputy Speaker of the Knesset.

External links

• Tali Ploskov on the Knesset website