Elazar Stern

Elazar Stern was born in 1956 in Yad Eliyahu

Stern was born in 1956 in Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv, to Levi and Sara, both Holocaust survivors. He studied at the Netiv Meir yeshiva high school and was a counselor in Bnei Akiva. He and his wife Dorit live in Mitzpe Hoshaya in the Galilee, which he helped found.

He earned a bachelor's degree in Land of Israel studies and economics at Bar-Ilan University. He also holds an executive MBA linked to Tel Aviv University and a master's degree from the National Defense University in Washington.

Stern joined the paratroopers in 1974 and rose to command Battalion 202. He later led the Officers School, served as Chief Education Officer, and headed the Personnel Directorate from 2004 to 2008. There he founded the Nativ conversion project and led a rewrite of the IDF code of ethics.

He entered the Knesset in 2013 with Hatnua and joined Yesh Atid in 2015. He worked on religion and state laws, including on conversion, and was appointed Minister of Intelligence in June 2021. In 2021 he faced accusations about how he handled sexual harassment complaints, and he denied some of the claims.

In 2026 he left Yesh Atid and joined the slate of Gadi Eisenkot's party Yashar. He was elected to the 26th Knesset.