Torahcafe
Sign Up
Log in
a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|all|Providers

Nir Barkat

Nir Barkat
Nir Barkat was born in 1959 and raised in Jerusalem.  He served in the Paratroopers Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces for six years (1977–83), as well as reserve duty, and reached the rank of Major. He received his bachelor degree in computer science at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, and started his career in the hi-tech industry by founding a software company called BRM in 1988, which specialized in antivirus software. Nir Barkat entered politics in January 2003 when he founded the party Yerushalayim Tatzli'ah ("Jerusalem Will Succeed") and ran in the Jerusalem mayoral race, gaining 43% of the vote and narrowly losing to Uri Lupoliansky. He became head of the opposition on the city council, until the 2008 election. Barkat ran again and won the election for mayor of Jerusalem on 11 November 2008, and served until 4 December 2018. After that he was elected as member of the Israeli Knesset from the Likud party.
 
Nir Barkat is married to Beverly, an artist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Snunit, Israel's largest Hebrew educational website. They have three daughters.