Tzipi Livni and Housing Minister. In 2011, she was named one of "150 Women Who Shake the World" by "Newsweek" and "The Daily Beast". From 2006 to 2008, "Forbes" magazine ranked Livni on its List of 100 Most Powerful Women three years in row, while "Time" included her in its 2007 "Time 100," for which U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice penned an op-ed. In Israel, Livni has earned a reputation as an honest politician who sticks to her principles. Born to a prominent right-wing, revisionist Zionist family, Livni has become one of Israel's leading voices in support of a two-state solution—one
Tzipi Livni finish her law studies. A graduate of Bar-Ilan University's Faculty of Law, she has practiced public and commercial law for over 10 years. Livni resides in Tel Aviv. She is married to advertising executive Naftali Spitzer, and the couple have two children, Omri (born 1987) and Yuval (born 1990). Livni has been a vegetarian since the age of 12. Besides her native language, Hebrew, Livni also speaks fluent English and French, having lived in Paris for a number of years. Livni's father, Eitan Livni, a Herut Member of Knesset, died in 1991. Her mother, Sara, who died in 2007, stood