Itay Waisberg

Itay Waisberg was born in 1960 in Haifa

Itay Waisberg was born in Haifa in 1960 and grew up there. His father David came from a Turkish Jewish family and his mother Bracha from a Greek Jewish family. He studied at the Hebrew Reali School and completed a science and biology track.

He joined the navy in 1978 and trained as a naval officer. He served on missile boats and later commanded a Dvora patrol boat in Haifa. In reserve service he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel.

He studied engineering at Ben-Gurion University from 1984 to 1988 and became a mechanical engineer. For about 16 years he was chief information officer at the Hachshara Hayishuv group. In 2007 he turned to private business and founded 3 startups and a consulting firm.

He moved to Binyamina in 1991 and was a council member from 2003 to 2013. After the death of council head Pinky Zuaretz, he won a special election in 2017 and was reelected in 2018. He did not run again in 2024.

He is married to Yehudit and has 4 children. His son, Captain Yotam Waisberg, was killed in 2015 when a car airbag exploded. An inquiry Waisberg led uncovered the fault and led to a recall of 650,000 vehicles.