Gilat Bennett Biography – Gilat Bennett Wiki
Gilat Bennett is an Israeli professional parent counselor and a pastry cook. She is best known for being the wife of Naftali Bennett who is the current Prime Minister of Israel and the chairman of the right-wing party Yamina since June 13, 2021. Her husband served as minister of Diaspora Affairs from 2013 to 2019 and as minister of Defense from 2019 to 2020. He has been the leader of the New Right party since 2018, having previously led The Jewish Home party between 2012 and 2018.
Naftali served in the Sayeret Matkal and Maglan special forces units of the Israel Defense Forces, commanding many combat operations, and subsequently became a software entrepreneur. In 1999, he co-founded and co-owned the US company Cyota, operating in the anti-fraud space, focused on online banking fraud, e-commerce fraud, and phishing. The company was sold in 2005 for $145 million. He has also served as CEO of Soluto, an Israeli cloud computing service, sold in 2013 for a reported $100–130 million.
He entered politics in 2006, serving as Chief of Staff for Benjamin Netanyahu until 2008. In 2011, together with Ayelet Shaked, he co-founded the My Israel extra-parliamentary movement. In 2012, Naftali was elected as the party leader of The Jewish Home. In the 2013 Knesset elections, the first contested by The Jewish Home under Bennett’s leadership, the party won 12 seats out of 120.He served under Prime Minister Netanyahu as Minister of Economy and Religious Services from 2013 to 2015 and as Minister of Education from 2015 to 2019. In December 2018, he defected from The Jewish Home to form the New Right.
On June 2, 2021, Naftali agreed to a rotation government with Yair Lapid, whereby he would serve as Israel’s prime minister until 2023, after which Lapid would assume the role until 2025. Naftali was sworn in on June 13, 2021. He is the second prime minister of Israel (after Netanyahu) who was born after the establishment of the Israeli state.
Gilat Bennett Age
She was born on May 12, 1977.
Gilat Bennett Husband
Since 1999, she has been married to her husband, Naftali Bennett who is the 13th prime minister of Israel since June 13, 2021, and the chairman of the right-wing party Yamina.
Gilat Bennett Children
With her husband, they are parents of four children and they are residents of Ra’anana, a city located a few kilometers north of Tel Aviv, Israel.
