Niven Abu Rahmoun

Niven Abu Rahmoun (Arabic: نيفين ابو رحمون, Hebrew: ניבין אבו רחמון; born 24 November 1981) is an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Joint List between 2018 and 2019.

Abu Rahmoun was born in Reineh, a town in northern Israel to Arab Christian parents.

[1] She subsequently worked as teacher at the high school in Bu'eine Nujeidat between 2008 and 2018, teaching civics.

[1] A member of Balad since 1998,[1] Abu Rahmoun was placed 19th on the Joint List (an alliance of the four main Arab parties) prior to the 2015 Knesset elections.

[2] Although the party won only 13 seats, Abu Rahmoun entered the Knesset on 8 August 2018 as a replacement for Wael Younis as part of a rotation agreement within the alliance.