Tzipi Livni

Tzipi Livni is an Israeli politician, diplomat and lawyer born in Tel Aviv on 8 July 1958. She served in multiple cabinet positions including Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006–2009), Minister of Justice, and Vice Prime Minister. She was a leader of the opposition and headed the center-left Kadima and later Zionist Union parties. Livni led Israeli–Palestinian peace negotiations in 2008 and 2013. She served in the Israeli Defense Forces and Mossad (1980–1984), and practised law specializing in commercial, public and real estate law before entering politics in 1996.