Asaf Zamir

Asaf Zamir was born in 1980 in Be'er Ya'akov

Asaf Zamir was born on 31 August 1980. His father is Muki Zamir, and his uncle Yitzhak Zamir was a Supreme Court judge. As a child he lived with his family in Florida for several years.

Back in Israel he studied at the A.D. Gordon school and Ironi Daled High School, and was active in the Scouts and HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed. He served in the central control unit of the Israeli Air Force. He earned a law degree at Tel Aviv University, interned at Naschitz Brandes Amir and qualified as a lawyer.

He co-founded the Rov HaIr party and was elected to the Tel Aviv city council in 2008, then served as deputy mayor under Ron Huldai. After the 2013 elections he became acting mayor in charge of education. In 2018 he ran for mayor against Huldai and lost.

In 2019 he joined Israel Resilience and entered the Knesset on the Blue and White list. He was Minister of Tourism from May 2020 and resigned from the government in October 2020. He was left off the list for the 2021 elections after voting against a budget extension.

From October 2021 he was Consul General in New York. He resigned in March 2023 in protest at the planned judicial changes and the planned firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. After the 2023 Tel Aviv elections he was appointed deputy mayor.