# Edna Solodar

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{{Short description|Israeli politician (1930–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Edna Solodar D130-089 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Solodar in 1990
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|3|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|[Ashdot Ya'akov](/source/Ashdot_Ya'akov), [Mandatory Palestine](/source/Mandatory_Palestine)}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|4|9|1930|3|15|df=y}}
| death_place = [Gesher](/source/Gesher%2C_Israel), Israel
| suboffice1 = [Alignment](/source/Alignment_(political_party))
| office1 = Faction represented in the [Knesset](/source/Knesset)
| subterm1 = 1982–1991
| suboffice2 = [Labor Party](/source/Israeli_Labor_Party)
| subterm2 = 1991–1992
}}

'''Edna Solodar''' ({{langx|he|עדנה סולודר}}; 15 March 1930 – 9 April 2024) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the [Knesset](/source/Knesset) for the [Alignment](/source/Alignment_(political_party)) and [Labor Party](/source/Israeli_Labor_Party) between 1982 and 1992. She was the recipient of the 2024 Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement.

==Biography==
Born in [Ashdot Ya'akov](/source/Ashdot_Ya'akov) during the [Mandate era](/source/Mandatory_Palestine), Solodar later moved to kibbutz [Gesher](/source/Gesher%2C_Israel). She was educated at the kibbutz's high school and went on to attend the [Israel Conservatory and Academy of Music](/source/Buchmann-Mehta_School_of_Music) in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv).

Solodar worked as a music teacher in kibbutzim, [Beit She'an](/source/Beit_She'an) and the [Jordan Valley](/source/Emek_HaYarden_Regional_Council). From 1967 until 1971 and again from 1978 until 1980, she was secretary of kibbutz Gesher, and also served as the Internal Affairs secretary of the [Kibbutz HaMeuhad](/source/Kibbutz_HaMeuhad) movement between 1972 and 1982.

For the [1981 Knesset elections](/source/1981_Israeli_legislative_election) she was placed on the Alignment list. Although she failed to win a seat, she entered the Knesset on 16 January the following year as a replacement for [Moshe Harif](/source/Moshe_Harif),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mkindexbyknesset_eng.asp?knesset=10|title=Knesset Members in the Tenth Knesset|website=Knesset}}</ref> another kibbutz activist who had been killed in a traffic collision. She was re-elected in [1984](/source/1984_Israeli_legislative_election) and [1988](/source/1988_Israeli_legislative_election), but lost her seat in the [1992 elections](/source/1992_Israeli_legislative_election).

Between 1992 and 1998 she served as chairwoman of the [United Kibbutz Movement](/source/United_Kibbutz_Movement).

Solodar died on 9 April 2024 at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news |title=ח"כ לשעבר עדנה סולודר הלכה לעולמה בגיל 94 |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/b1hpuumea |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Ynet |date=9 April 2024}}</ref>

A day after her death, her family was informed that she had won the 2024 Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiske |first=Gavriel |title=Israel Prize awarded to ex-MK who died a day ago |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-prize-awarded-to-ex-mk-who-died-a-day-ago/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=The Times of Israel |language=en-US}}</ref> 

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1930 births
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Category:People from Northern District (Israel)
Category:Jews from Mandatory Palestine
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Category:Members of the 10th Knesset (1981–1984)
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