10 Facts About Keti Shitrit

Keti Shitrit previously held the role from 2019 to 2022.

Keti Shitrit's family immigrated to Israel in 1962 when she was an eighteen months old baby, initially living in a ma'abara in Lod.

Keti Shitrit joined the Betar youth movement, and studied for a BA in political science and an MA in public administration at Bar-Ilan University, gaining a teacher training certificate at Beit Berl Academic College.

Keti Shitrit worked in schools in Beit Shemesh and Dimona and established a school for modern dance in Kfar Saba.

Keti Shitrit headed the office of Beit Shemesh mayor Daniel Vaknin between 1993 and 2008, before serving as the city's Financial Director from 2008 until 2010, during which she lectured at Bar-Ilan University and the College of Management Academic Studies.

Keti Shitrit was placed thirty-first on the Likud list for the 2009 Knesset elections, but failed to win a seat as Likud won 27 seats.

Keti Shitrit was thirty-eighth on the joint Likud Yisrael Beiteinu list for the 2013 elections, but the alliance won only 31 seats.

Keti Shitrit was re-elected in the early elections in September the same year, and again in 2020 and 2021.

Keti Shitrit returned to the Knesset on 15 February 2023 as a replacement for Miri Regev, who resigned under the Norwegian Law.

Keti Shitrit is married to Asher Shitrit, they have three children, and reside in Beit Shemesh.