Born Lia Shraga. His parents were from Bālti, Bessarabia. She was a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2006 and 2013. 2009-2013 Member of the 18th Knesset, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset; Member of the Finance Committee and Member of the Joint Committee for the Knesset Budget; Chairperson, Subcommittee for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses; Chairperson, Subcommittee in Cities and the Periphery; Chairperson, Committee of Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs. 2006-2009. Member of the 17th Knesset, Chairperson, Committee on the Status of Women. 2006-2013. Chair ofthe Lobby for Strengthening and Developing Relationships with the Christian Organizations in Europe and USA; Chairperson of the Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Leagues with the legislatures of Finland, Moldova and Macedonia; Projects in the Knesset: Women and Child Health Development Project in Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Commemorating International Women's Day - project for single mothers from the periphery Yiddish Language and Culture Protection Day - 150 Years of Sholom Aleichem (400 invitees); Soviet Refuseniks Commemoration Day (400 invitees and guests from abroad); A Ceremony in Honour of Evangelical Christian organizations that help Holocaust Survivors (guests from more than 40 countries); Exhibition ofMacedonian Artists in 'Tel Aviv and Haifa (Agudat Yedidut).