Senetta Yoseftal (née Punfud) (, 5 December 1912 – 26 July 2007) was an Israeli politician. Background Yoseftal was born in Germany. She joined the HaBonim movement in 1933 and worked in HeHalutz Center in Berlin from 1934 to 1938. In 1936 she married Giora Yoseftal, later a member of the Knesset, and a minister in the 9th and 10th Israeli governments. She immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1938 and helped found Kibbutz Galed in 1945. She was elected to the Knesset in the 1955 election as a member of Mapai, but gave up her seat after 14 months. She also appeared in the eighth Knesset as a member of the Alignment, replacing Zvi Guershoni after his death, but did not retain her seat in the 1977 election. In December 2004 she was asked by the Kibbutz Movement to retire from her activities. Towards the end of her life she resided in Kibbutz Galed. Public activities Member of Directorate of the United Kibbutz Fund, 1953–1955 Member of Organizing Committee of the Histadrut, 1956–1960 Director of Economic Department of the United Kibbutz, 1960–1962 General Secretary of the United Kibbutz, 1962–1965 and 1967–1970 Founder and Director of the Department of Absorption and Development Chairwoman of Mekorot Water Company, 1970–1972 Director of Economic Branch of the Agriculture Association, 1974–1979 Member of Secretariat and Central Committee of the United Kibbutz Movement and member of Central Committee of the Labour Party External links 1912 births 2007 deaths Alignment (Israel) politicians Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine Israeli civil servants Women members of the Knesset Jewish Israeli politicians Kibbutz Movements secretaries Mapai politicians Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959) Members of the 8th Knesset (1974–1977) People from Fürth Spouses of Israeli politicians 20th-century Israeli women politicians