Moti Yogev

Moti Yogev was born in 1956 in Haifa

Mordechai Vagenberg was born in Haifa on 22 February 1956 and grew up in the Neve Shaanan neighborhood. His father, born in Germany, ran the youth probation service in Haifa and the north, and his mother was a teacher and a Bnei Akiva leader. He studied at the Rambam elementary school and at the Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Kfar HaRoeh.

He joined the IDF in 1974 and volunteered for Sayeret Shaked. Over the years he served in Sayeret Matkal, commanded the Maglan unit, Paratroopers Battalion 202 and the Efraim Brigade, and later trained commanders. He left regular service as a colonel and also studied at Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva and the National Security College.

After leaving the army he became Secretary General of Bnei Akiva and served until 2003. He then chaired the Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter as a volunteer. In 2008 he became deputy head of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.

In 2006 he was injured during the evacuation of Amona and later received compensation in a settlement with the police. He entered the Knesset in 2013 for the Jewish Home and served on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. In January 2020 he announced he was leaving politics after being placed 11th on the Yamina list.

He is married with 10 children and lives in Dolev.