Eran Weintrob

Eran Weintrob was born in 1971 in Dimona

Weintrob was born in 1971 in Dimona to Frida and Shimon. He went to school there until he joined the army.

He served in a brigade unit of the Paratroopers. In 1996 he began law studies at Tel Aviv University and became chairman of its student union. He received a license to practice law in 2001.

In 1997 he was elected chairman of the National Union of Israeli Students and started a national campaign to lower tuition fees. In 1999 he led the youth headquarters of the Center Party under Amnon Lipkin-Shahak and ran on its Knesset list. He also held board roles in several companies and served as an adviser at the Ministry of Regional Cooperation.

As head of Latet since 2002, he has led aid missions after disasters abroad, including the tsunami in Sri Lanka, the cyclone in Myanmar and earthquakes in India, Turkey and Haiti. In Israel, the group has given aid during the Second Lebanon War, Operation Protective Edge, the coronavirus outbreak and the Swords of Iron War. He sat on the Elalouf committee on poverty in 2014 and on a public council advising Magen Israel in 2020 and 2021.

He chairs the association Lomdim Sviva Be'ahava, which supports environmental education in schools. He is married with 3 children and lives in Ramat Gan.