Yifat Shasha-Biton

In January 2019 Shasha-Biton was appointed Minister of Construction and Housing after the incumbent, Kulanu colleague Yoav Galant, left the party and changed portfolios. She was placed third on the Kulanu list for the April 2019 elections, and was re-elected as the party won four seats. The party subsequently merged into Likud and she was re-elected on the Likud list in the September 2019 elections. In January 2020 she was nominated for Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Services, but her nomination was put on hold until the Knesset could approve it. When a new government was formed in May 2020, she was not included in the new cabinet.

After being elected to the Knesset, Shasha-Biton became chair of the Special Committee for the Rights of the Child. In early 2016 she held discussion with child advocates, including "Lo Tishtok" (Thou Shall Not Be Silent), a group offering support to ultra-Orthodox victims of sexual abuse; Yitzhak Kadman, then executive director of the Israel National Council for the Child, and Manny Waks, the chief executive officer of Kol v'Oz. In his comments to her, Waks cautioned: "Sex offenders tend to move from country to country to avoid jail, but what makes Israel unique is the Law of Return, which essentially grants unhindered access to anyone who is Jewish to come here without any real screening." In response to studies about child abuse, Shasha-Bison has stated: "To end the epidemic of sexual abuse of minors, we must act systemically to raise awareness among parents and children; to provide tools to educators to identify children who were harmed; and improve the care and support to the victims and their families. In addition, changes must be made in legislation and law enforcement to bring those who harm to justice."

In 2008 she ran for mayor of Kiryat Shmona, and was appointed Deputy Mayor and head of the Education and Youth department at the City Council. In the 2013 local elections she was elected to the City Council. Prior to the 2015 elections she joined the new Kulanu party, and was placed seventh on its list. She was elected to the Knesset as the party won ten seats.

Yifat Shasha-Biton (Hebrew: יִפְעָת שָׁאשָׁא־בִּיטוֹן , born 23 May 1973) is an Israeli educator and politician. She currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud, and held the post of Minister of Construction and Housing from 2019 to 2020.

Shasha-Biton was born in Kiryat Shmona in 1973, the daughter of a nurse and the owner of a transportation company. In 2002 she received her doctorate in education from the University of Haifa, having already obtained bachelor's and master's degrees in education at the same university. She focused her doctoral dissertation on the influence of education on how Israeli and Palestinian students "understand the concept of peace."