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Quick facts for kids Yael Cohen Paran
יעל כהן-פארן
Cohen Paran in 2017
Faction represented in the Knesset
2015–2019	Zionist Union
2019	Hatnua
Personal details
Born	(1973-10-12) 12 October 1973 (age 51)

Yael Cohen Paran (Hebrew: יעל כהן-פארן) was born on October 12, 1973. She is an Israeli environmentalist and a politician. She helped lead the Green Movement. From 2015 to 2019, she was a member of the Knesset, which is like Israel's parliament. She represented the Zionist Union and Hatnua parties.

About Yael Cohen Paran

Early Life and Education

Yael Cohen Paran served in the Israel Defense Forces as an intelligence officer. This is part of Israel's national service, where young people contribute to their country.

After her service, she studied physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Later, she earned a master's degree in public policy from Tel Aviv University. Public policy is about how governments make decisions and solve problems for their citizens.

Working for the Environment

In 2007, Yael Cohen Paran started the Israel Energy Forum. She became its leader, working to find better ways for Israel to use energy.

She also represented Israel at important international meetings. These were the United Nations Climate Change Conferences in 2002, 2007, and 2009. At these meetings, world leaders discuss how to protect our planet from climate change.

Political Career

Yael Cohen Paran joined the Green Movement, a political group focused on environmental issues. In 2013, she became one of its co-leaders.

In 2015, she was chosen to be on the list for the Zionist Union party in the Israeli elections. Even though her party didn't win enough seats at first, she later became a member of the Knesset on November 25, 2015. She took the place of another politician who moved to lead the Jewish National Fund, an organization that develops land in Israel.

She served in the Knesset until 2019. In the elections that year, she ran with the Labor Party, but she did not win a seat.