11 Facts About Shuli Mualem

Shuli Mualem served as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home between February 2013 and March 2015, and again from October 2015 until December 2018, when she joined the New Right.

Shuli Mualem's parents had immigrated from Morocco, a couple of months prior to her birth.

Shuli Mualem grew up in the Neve David neighbourhood, and was a member of the religious-Zionist youth organization Bnei Akiva.

Shuli Mualem worked as a nurse at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, becoming the hospital's Director of Risk Management.

Shuli Mualem wrote several posthumous letters to her husband, which were published in a book, "My beloved Mualem", which was published in 2001.

Shuli Mualem was placed twelfth on the party's list for the 2013 elections, and was elected to the Knesset, as the party won 12 seats.

Shuli Mualem was placed ninth on the party's list for the 2015 elections, losing her seat, as the party was reduced to eight seats.

However, she returned to the Knesset in October 2015, when party leader Naftali Bennett resigned his seat under the Norwegian Law in order to allow Shuli Mualem to become an MK again.

In December 2018, Shuli Mualem was amongst the Jewish Home MKs to leave the party and form the breakaway New Right party.

Shuli Mualem was placed fifth on the party's list for the April 2019 elections, but lost her seat when the party failed to cross the electoral threshold.

Shuli Mualem is Orthodox Jewish, married, and has seven children.