Doron Saphir

Doron Saphir was born in 1959

Doron Sapir was born in 1959. He earned a BA in Middle East studies and a diploma in journalism at Tel Aviv University. He later studied law at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya and is a licensed attorney.

He chaired Israel's National Student Association and then led the Student Department at the Histadrut. From 1989 to 1996 he managed the Histadrut's Youth and Students Department. In 1991 he founded the Child Health Association and chaired it until 1999.

He was elected to the Tel Aviv-Jaffa City Council in 1989 and became first deputy mayor in 1996. From 2002 he chaired the municipal planning and building committee. He led the city's master plan, which took effect in 2016.

In December 1998 he became chairman and CEO of the Dan Municipal Sanitation Association. He worked on the environmental rehabilitation of the Hiriya waste site and led the team planning Ariel Sharon Park. A system there collects methane from the waste and uses it as green energy.

In 2023 he decided not to run for another term. He moved to the private sector in March 2024. He serves on the board of the International Solid Waste Association.