David Tzur

David Tzur was born in 1959 in Istanbul

David Tzur was born in 1959 in Istanbul, Turkey. In 1965 he immigrated to Israel with his parents and brother and settled in Ashkelon. As a young man he played handball in the senior leagues and on Israel's youth team.

He joined the IDF in 1977 and served in the Paratroopers, in Battalion 890. He was released in 1980 and joined the police counter-terrorism unit Yamam. He studied at Tel Aviv University from 1984 to 1986 and earned a bachelor's degree in political science.

In 1987 he received the Medal of Courage. He commanded Yamam in the early 1990s and later advised the organizers of the Atlanta and Athens Olympics on security. He commanded the Border Police from 2002 to 2004 and then the Tel Aviv District, and left the police after the 2006 escape of a detainee from custody.

In 2008 he joined the company Global CST and managed its subsidiary GLS. He entered the Knesset in 2013 in sixth place on the Hatnuah list and chaired several subcommittees. He left Hatnuah before the 2015 elections.

He married in 1984 and has 3 children. His wife Linda died of cancer in 2004. In 2015 he married Dorit Lahav.