Ofir Sofer

Ofir Sofer (Hebrew: אוֹפִיר סוֹפֵר‎, born 1 August 1975) is an Israeli politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for the Yamina alliance.

Ofir Sofer
Faction represented in the Knesset
2019Union of Right-Wing Parties
2019Yamina
2019–2020Jewish Home–Tkuma
2020–Yamina
Personal details
Born (1975-08-01) 1 August 1975
Alma, Israel

Political career

In 2014, he became secretary general of the Orthodox-nationalist Tkuma party.[1] When the party joined the Union of Right-Wing Parties alliance for the April 2019 Knesset elections, Sofer was placed fourth on the alliances' list, and entered the Knesset when it won five seats.[2]

Personal life

Sofer is married, has 7 children,[3] and lives in Tefahot, a religious moshav in Northern Israel.

He is of Tunisian-Jewish descent.

References
  1. "'All cities in the Galilee will become mixed'". Israel National News. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. "Here's the Full List of Israeli Lawmakers – and Only a Quarter Are Women". Haaretz. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. Harkov, Lahav (22 April 2019). "Meet the New MK: Ofir Sofer, URP". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
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