Anat Nir

Anat Nir was born in 1979 in Ganei Yehuda

Anat Nir was born on November 3, 1979, in Ganei Yehuda. Her parents separated when she was a child, and she was raised by her mother, psychologist Lili Nir. She grew up in Savyon and attended Yehud comprehensive high school.

She served in the IDF as a platoon commander and later as a training officer in the Air Force. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration with a focus on marketing. She also earned a master's degree in gender and international conflict resolution from the UN University for Peace.

As a young woman she opened a lesbian bar in Tel Aviv and began producing cultural events with her partner Dana Ziv. In 2008 the two founded the Lethal Lesbian film festival, and they helped produce Tel Aviv Pride. In 2015 she became marketing manager of Moovz, an LGBT social network.

Since 2013 she has chaired Feminanci, a finance college for women. In December 2018 she co-founded the Red Flag coalition of women's groups and helped lead a women's protest and strike.

In 2017 she sold her share in her production company to seek a place on the Meretz list for the Knesset. She ran in several Meretz primaries but was not elected to the Knesset.