Politicsחילי טרופר

Hili Tropper

Hili Tropper is an Israeli educator and politician who served as Minister of Culture and Sport from 2020 to 2022.

born 1978Minister of Culture and SportPrincipal of Branco Weiss RamleCo-founding social welfare groups

Born: 22 April 1978, Jerusalem
Occupation: educator, activist, politician, teacher
Party: Israeli Labor Party, Blue and White Israel Resilience Party
Education: Lander Institute, Open University of Israel

Hili Tropper was born in 1978 in Jerusalem

Tropper was born in Jerusalem in 1978, one of nine children of Faigie Tropper and Rabbi Daniel Tropper. He studied at Horev yeshiva in Jerusalem and at Neve Shmuel yeshiva in Efrat.

He was in the first class of the Nachshon pre-military academy and served as a fighter and commander in the Duvdevan Unit. He later earned a BA from the Open University and an MA in Jewish history and education from the Lander Institute.

He co-founded several social welfare groups, including Shachen Tov and Bema'agalei Tzedek, and worked for the Acharai movement and the Bat Yam municipality. He was principal of the Branco Weiss school in Ramle. From 2013 to 2015 he advised Education Minister Shai Piron, and in 2015 he became head of education, welfare and culture in Yeruham.

He entered the Knesset in 2019 with Blue and White and became Minister of Culture and Sport in May 2020. He was a minister without portfolio in the wartime government from October 2023 to June 2024.

In 2026 he left Blue and White, founded a new party and ran briefly in an alliance with Yoaz Hendel. He then joined Yashar and was placed sixth on its list. He is married with four children and lives in Nes Harim.