Ruth Ronnen

Ruth Ronnen (Hebrew: רות רונן; born 1962) is an Israeli jurist who has served as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Israel since June 2022. She has been described as "liberal".[1][2]

Ruth Ronnen
Ruth Ronnen
Justice in the Supreme Court of Israel
Assumed office
9 June 2022
Personal details
Education

Early life and education

Ronnen was born in 1962. She served in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) from 1980 to 1982. In 1986, she completed her law studies magna cum laude at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was admitted to the Israeli Bar two years later. Ronnen also became a member of the New York Bar in 1990.[3]

In 2002, Ronnen earned her master's degree in law from Tel Aviv University.[3] In 2021, she received a master's degree in philosophy with highest honors from Tel Aviv University.[3]

Career

Ronnen worked as an associate attorney in New York from 1990 to 1991.[3]

In 1995, Ronnen was appointed as a judge in the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court.[4] From 1998, she also served as an adjunct lecturer at Tel Aviv University.[3]

In 2005, Ronnen was appointed as a judge for the Tel Aviv District Court.[4]

In 2009, Ronnen was one of the candidates to succeed attorney general Menachem Mazuz.[5]

Ronnen served as a judge for the economic department at the Tel Aviv District Court from 2010 until her appointment to the Supreme Court in 2022.[4]

Supreme Court

In February 2022, the Judicial Appointments Committee appointed Ronnen as a justice on the Supreme Court. She was backed by Supreme Court President Esther Hayut.[2] Her appointment opposed by then Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked.[4] Ronnen had previously clerked for former Supreme Court President Meir Shamgar.[2] She was sworn into office on 9 June 2022.[6]

References
  1. "Israel appoints four new Supreme Court justices". www.i24news.tv. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. "Israel Appoints Four New Supreme Court Justices, Including First Muslim on Job". Haaretz. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. "Justices". supreme.court.gov.il. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. "Muslim man, Mizrahi woman picked to serve as Supreme Court justices, both firsts". Times of Israel. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  5. "Neeman to Meet Politicians Over Splitting Poisiton of AG". Haaretz. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  6. "סער על נפילת חוק יהודה ושומרון: "הכנסת נכשלה לקיים את מחויבותה הבסיסית" - וואלה! חדשות". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 9 June 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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