Dalia Itzik

Dalia Itzik ( "Dalya Itsik"; born 20 October 1952) is a former Israeli politician. She was a member of the Knesset for HaAvoda and Kadima. From May 2006 to March 2009 she was the first female speaker of the Knesset. She was interim President of Israel from January to July 2007 and was several times a minister.
Itzik was born in Jerusalem and studied literature and history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and law in Herzliya.