Ofir Sofer
Israeli politician
Ofir Sofer
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Ministerial roles | |
2022– | Minister of Aliyah and Integration |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2019 | Union of Right-Wing Parties |
2019 | Yamina |
2019–2020 | Jewish Home – Tkuma |
2020–2021 | Yamina |
2021 | Likud |
2021– | Religious Zionist Party |
Personal details | |
Born |
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1975-08-01
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1 August 1975
(age
47)
Alma , Israel |
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Ofir Sofer ( Hebrew : אוֹפִיר סוֹפֵר , born 1 August 1975) is an Israeli politician. He is currently the Minister of Aliyah and Integration and a member of the Knesset for the Religious Zionist Party .
Sofer is a former IDF major and is considered a disabled veteran. Afterwards he worked at the Ministry for the Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee . [1]
Political career
In 2014, he became secretary general of the Orthodox -nationalist Tkuma party. [2] 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. [3] During the 2021 election he ran in Likud list for the Knesset, as a member of Atid Ehad party, using it as a shelf party. On 14 June he split from Likud and merged with the Religious Zionist Party , after the swearing-in of the 36th government. [4] [5] The split was not officially approved until 27 June. [6]
Ahead of the 2022 election , Sofer was given the third spot on a joint list between the Religious Zionist Party and Otzma Yehudit , [7] and was re-elected to the Knesset as a result. On 29 December 2022, Sofer was appointed Minister of Aliyah and Integration in the new government . [1]
Personal life
Sofer is married, has 7 children, [8] and lives in Tefahot , a religious moshav in Northern Israel.
He is of Tunisian-Jewish descent.
References
- 1 2 "Ofir Sofer" . Knesset . Retrieved 12 January 2023 .
- ↑ " 'All cities in the Galilee will become mixed' " . Israel National News . 15 July 2018 . Retrieved 13 April 2019 .
- ↑ "Here's the Full List of Israeli Lawmakers – and Only a Quarter Are Women" . Haaretz . 8 April 2019 . Retrieved 13 April 2019 .
- ↑ "Official: Ofir Sofer returns to the Religious Zionist Party" . Srugim (in Hebrew). 14 June 2021.
- ↑ "Ophir Sofer returns, Yamina waiting for Shai Maimon" . Arutz 7 (in Hebrew). 14 June 2021.
- ↑ @IsraelexLive (27 June 2021). "Ofir Sofer's request has been approved. He is now a Religious Zionist MK rather than a Likud MK. This reduces the size of the Likud's Knesset faction to 29, and increases the RZP's to 7" (Tweet) . Retrieved 28 June 2021 – via Twitter .
- ↑ "רשימת הציונות הדתית-עוצמה יהודית לבחירות לכנסת ה-25" . www.maariv.co.il . Retrieved 12 January 2023 .
- ↑ Harkov, Lahav (22 April 2019). "Meet the New MK: Ofir Sofer, URP" . The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved 13 December 2020 .
External links
- Ofir Sofer on the Knesset website
Current members
of the
Knesset
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Likud | |
Yesh Atid | |
National Unity | |
Shas | |
Religious Zionist Party | |
United Torah Judaism | |
Yisrael Beiteinu | |
Otzma Yehudit | |
United Arab List | |
Hadash – Ta'al | |
Labor | |
Noam |