Michal Hirsch Negri

Michal Hirsch Negri was born in 1966 in Jerusalem

Hirsch Negri was born in Jerusalem in 1966, the middle of 3 daughters. At 9, her family moved to Belgium on a mission for the Jewish Agency. In the IDF she served in a Nahal group of the Hebrew Scouts.

She earned a bachelor's degree in education with a focus on English and a teaching certificate from Kibbutzim College. She holds a master's degree in educational administration from Bar-Ilan University. In 2018 she completed the Wexner Foundation's senior leadership program at the Harvard Kennedy School.

She was deputy principal of a junior high school in Herzliya from 1992 to 2002, then headed junior high schools in Kfar Saba and Kokhav Ya'ir-Tsur Yig'al. In 2006 she became head of education in the Ra'anana Municipality, and in 2011 also deputy director-general. From 2013 to 2018 she was director-general, the first woman in the role.

After leaving the municipality, she co-founded the consulting company EDU NOW with Rabbi Shai Piron. She works to advance women in the public sector and sits on the board of Pnima. In April 2019 she was placed 7th on the Gesher list, which did not pass the threshold.

Her son, Major Roy Negri, was killed in the Battle of Be'eri on 7 October 2023. She then joined the board of his unit's association and the Enlisting for Unity forum, which opposes conscription exemptions for Haredi men. In June 2026 she joined the Together alliance and was elected to the Knesset.