Nahum Hofree

Nahum Hofree was born in 1952 in HaMa'apil

Nahum Hofree was born in 1952 and grew up on Kibbutz HaMa'apil in the Hefer Valley. As a teenager he led a branch of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. His brother Eitan was killed in the Yom Kippur War.

He flew helicopters in the Israeli Air Force and rose through command posts, including leading Squadrons 190 and 161. He also served in Washington as an assistant military attaché. He left the army in 1996 as a colonel.

He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and management from Tel Aviv University and studied at the Mandel school for educational leadership. He then ran Ostrovsky High School in Ra'anana for over 7 years. In 2003 he became head of the city's education department.

He won a special mayoral election in Ra'anana in 2005 and was reelected in 2008 with 71% of the vote. He was placed 34th on the Labor list for the 2013 Knesset election and did not enter the Knesset. He lost the 2013 local election to Zeev Bielski.

In 2014 he began running the environmental education school in Ein Gedi. In 2019 he joined the Achi Israeli party. He is married with 4 children.