Miki Haimovich


Miki Haimovich is a television presenter and an Israeli politician.

Biography

Michal Haimovich earned a BA in political science from Tel Aviv University. Haimovich is vegan and in 2012 she launched the Meatless Monday Israel initiative.

Media career

Haimovich worked as a researcher for Channel 1 programmes Mabat Sheni and Boker Tov Israel. In 1990, she began editing the news for the Matav cable channel, later becoming chief editor.
In 1993, she and Ya'akov Eilon became the first news anchors on the new commercial Channel 2, until moving to Channel 10 together, in 2002.
In June 2011, Haimovitch resigned from the Channel 10 news.

Political career

In 2012, Haimovich joined a non-partisan campaign enlisting leading artists, television presenters and journalists to encourage voter participation in the 2013 Knesset elections.
She was elected to the Knesset in the April 2019 Israeli legislative election as a member of the Israel Resilience Party, a part of the Blue and White alliance.