Ofir Katz

Ofir Katz (Hebrew: אופיר כץ‎, born 19 May 1980) is an Israeli politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for Likud.

Ofir Katz
Date of birth (1980-05-19) 19 May 1980
Place of birthAfula, Israel
Knessets21, 22, 23
Faction represented in Knesset
2019–Likud

Biography

Born in Afula, Katz joined Likud during at the age of 18,[1] 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.[2]

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.[1] He was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 36 seats.

Katz is married with two children and lives in Afula.[2]

gollark: Well, yes, but on the other hand consumers don't seem to actually care much. Especially on phones.
gollark: They are part of the general trend away from general purpose computers, which I very much dislike.
gollark: It might have a dedicated management port, but otherwise probably anywhere it's connected; why would you *want* a hardware firewall thing, though?
gollark: I'd assume the law is more about intent there, though, i.e. are you trying to break into someone else's stuff.
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References
  1. אופיר כץ נבחר בפער גדול לרשימת הליכוד לכנסת במחוז גליל ועמקים Kol HaGalil, 6 February 2019
  2. אופיר כץ יתמודד על מקום לכנסת ישראל Hadashot 4, 1 January 2019
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