# Ram Shefa > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ram_Shefa > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ram_Shefa.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Shefa > Source revision: 1305033385 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Israeli politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |image = רם שפע, יו"ר התאחדות הסטודנטים והסטודנטיות בישראל (cropped).jpg |caption = Shefa in 2017 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|2|15|df=y}} |birth_place = [Givat Haim](/source/Givat_Haim_(Ihud)), Israel |death_date = |death_place = |office1 = Faction represented in the [Knesset](/source/Knesset) |suboffice1 = [Blue and White](/source/Blue_and_White_(political_alliance)) |subterm1 = 2019–2021 |suboffice2 = [Labor Party](/source/Israeli_Labor_Party) |subterm2 = 2021–2022 }} '''Ram Shefa''' ({{langx|he|רָם שֶׁפַע}}; born 15 February 1985) is an Israeli politician. A former head of the [National Union of Israeli Students](/source/National_Union_of_Israeli_Students), he was a member of the [Knesset](/source/Knesset) for the [Labor Party](/source/Israeli_Labor_Party) from 2021 to 2022, having previously been an MK for the [Blue and White](/source/Blue_and_White_(political_alliance)) alliance from 2019 to 2021. ==Biography== Shefa was born in kibbutz [Givat Haim (Ihud)](/source/Givat_Haim_(Ihud)), the son of [Gershon](/source/Gershon_Shefa), an Olympic swimmer and Tamar, a kindergarten teacher. He attended Maya'an Shahar school, after which he did a [Service Year](/source/Service_Year) in the Beit HaYeled boarding school in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv). In his national service in the [Israel Defense Forces](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) he served in the [Shaldag Unit](/source/Shaldag_Unit). After completing his national service, Shefa moved to the [Ein Yahav](/source/Ein_Yahav) moshav in the [Arava Valley](/source/Arava_Valley), where he worked in agriculture for a year, before spending six months volunteering abroad for [Tevel B'Tzedek](/source/Tevel_B'Tzedek). When he returned to Israel, he worked for the Aharei organisation. In 2012 he began an undergraduate course at the [Kibbutzim College](/source/Kibbutzim_College), and at the end of the year he was elected head of the college's student union. In 2014 he became deputy chair of the [National Union of Israeli Students](/source/National_Union_of_Israeli_Students). In 2016 he started a master's degree course in public policy at [Tel Aviv University](/source/Tel_Aviv_University), and was elected chair of the National Union of Israeli Students. In February 2019 Shefa resigned from the union and joined the new [Israel Resilience Party](/source/Blue_and_White_(political_party)).{{cite web|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5457447,00.html|title=יו"ר התאחדות הסטודנטים רם שפע התפטר ויצטרף למפלגתו של בני גנץ|work=Yedioth Ahronoth|date=3 February 2019|language=he}} After the party became part of the [Blue and White](/source/Blue_and_White_(political_alliance)) alliance, he was given the twenty-ninth slot on the joint list,[https://bechirot21.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=91&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text 2019 Blue and White list] Central Elections Committee and was subsequently elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 35 seats. He announced on 25 January 2021 that he had joined the [Israeli Labor Party](/source/Israeli_Labor_Party) and would run in its primaries,{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/blue-and-white-defector-ram-shefa-joins-labor-will-run-in-primaries/|title=Blue and White defector Ram Shefa joins Labor, will run in primaries|work=[The Times of Israel](/source/The_Times_of_Israel)|date=25 January 2021|access-date=27 January 2021|author=[Staff writer](/source/Staff_writer)}} placing sixth.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/labor-primaries-results-omer-barlev-in-2nd-place-emilie-moatti-in-3rd/|title=Labor primaries results: Omer Barlev in 2nd place, Emilie Moatti in 3rd|date=1 February 2021|work=[The Times of Israel](/source/The_Times_of_Israel)|accessdate=1 February 2021}} He left the Knesset on 31 January and was replaced by [Ruth Wasserman Lande](/source/Ruth_Wasserman_Lande).{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/south-african-returning-to-knesset-657299|title=South African MK Wasserman Lande returning to Knesset|work=[The Jerusalem Post](/source/The_Jerusalem_Post)|date=31 January 2021|access-date=31 January 2021|first=Gil|last=Hoffman|author-link=Gil Hoffman}} He was re-elected to the Knesset as the Labor Party won seven seats in the [2021 elections](/source/2021_Israeli_legislative_election). For the [2022 elections](/source/2022_Israeli_legislative_election) Shefa was placed fifth on the Labor list, but lost his seat as the party won only four seats. Shefa is married to Efrat Resner, with whom he has a son. The couple live in Givat Haim (Ihud). ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{MKlink|id=1023}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shefa, Ram}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Blue and White (political alliance) politicians Category:Israel Resilience Party politicians Category:Kibbutzim College alumni Category:Jewish Israeli politicians Category:Kibbutzniks Category:Members of the 21st Knesset (2019) Category:Members of the 22nd Knesset (2019–2020) Category:Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021) Category:Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022) Category:People from Central District (Israel) Category:Tel Aviv University alumni Category:Israeli Labor Party politicians --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ram Shefa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Shefa) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Shefa?action=history)). 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