Pnina Tamano-Shata

Pnina Tamano-Shata
פְּנִינָה תַּמֶנוֹ־שֶׁטֶה
Tamano-Shata in 2020
Ministerial roles
2020–2022Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Faction represented in the Knesset
2013–2015Yesh Atid
2018–2019Yesh Atid
2019–2021Blue and White
2022–National Unity
Personal details
Born (1981-11-01) 1 November 1981
Wuzaba, Gondar, Ethiopia

Pnina Tamano-Shata (Hebrew: פְּנִינָה תַּמֶנוֹ־שֶׁטֶה; born 1 November 1981) is an Israeli lawyer, journalist, and politician. The first Ethiopia-born woman to enter the Knesset in 2013, in 2020 she also became the first Ethiopia-born minister after being appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption.