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Eitan Ginzburg

Eitan Ginzburg is an Israeli politician who became Israel's first openly gay mayor in Ra'anana in 2018 and served as Minister of Communications in 2021.

born 1977Israel's first openly gay mayorMinister of Communications in 2021Ra'anana municipal politics

Born: 25 January 1977, Argentina
Occupation: politician
Party: Blue and White Israel Resilience Party
Education: Tel Aviv University, Reichman University

Eitan Ginzburg was born in 1977 in Argentina

Ginzburg was born in La Plata, Argentina. His family moved to Israel when he was a baby and lived at kibbutz Or HaNer before moving to Ra'anana. He attended Ostrovsky high school and was active in the HaMahanot HaOlim youth movement.

He served as an officer in the Military Police Corps from 1995 to 1999. He holds an LLB and a BA in government from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and an MA in political science from Tel Aviv University.

In 2003 he was elected to the Ra'anana city council. He later chaired the local planning committee and from 2010 served as deputy and acting mayor. In March 2018 the council chose him as mayor after Ze'ev Bielski resigned, but he lost the October 2018 election to Haim Broide.

In 2019 he entered the Knesset with Blue and White and was reelected twice. He served as Deputy Speaker and chaired the Knesset Committee, and in May 2021 became Minister of Communications. He was not reelected in 2022.

From 2023 to 2025 he was deputy chairman of KKL. He returned to the Knesset in July 2025 after Gadi Eisenkot resigned. In 2026 he left Blue and White, joined Naftali Bennett's Together party, and was elected to the 26th Knesset.