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Ofir Katz
Katz in 2019

Faction represented in the Knesset
2019–	Likud

Personal details
Born	(1980-05-19) 19 May 1980 (age 44) Afula, Israel

Ofir Katz (Hebrew: אוֹפִיר כָּץ; born 19 May 1980) is a right-wing Israeli politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for Likud and the parliamentary whip of the coalition government.^[1]

Biography

Born in Afula on 19 May 1980,^[2] Katz joined Likud during at the age of 18,^[3] and started working for the office of Benjamin Netanyahu when Likud were the opposition party in the late 2000s. When Likud became the ruling party after the 2009 elections, he became an advisor to Minister of Culture and Sport Limor Livnat, before starting to work for Gilad Erdan when he was Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Public Security.^[4]

In the build-up to the April 2019 elections, he was placed twentieth on the party's list, the slot reserved for the Galilee and Valleys.^[3] He was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 36 seats.

Katz is married with two children and lives in Afula.^[4]

References

^ "Netanyahu: We will establish a stable government for a full term". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^ "Knesset Member Ofir Katz". Knesset. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
^ ^a ^b אופיר כץ נבחר בפער גדול לרשימת הליכוד לכנסת במחוז גליל ועמקים Kol HaGalil, 6 February 2019
^ ^a ^b אופיר כץ יתמודד על מקום לכנסת ישראל Hadashot 4, 1 January 2019

External links

Ofir Katz on the Knesset website

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