Nira Shpak

Nira Shpak was born in 1966 in Rehovot

Nira Shpak was born Nira Tzaidi in Rehovot on 20 July 1966, to Ilana and Naftali. She attended De Shalit High School in the city. She was a member of the Scouts, a counselor in the Working and Studying Youth movement and part of a Nahal group.

She holds a bachelor's degree in social sciences, in economics and logistics, from Bar-Ilan University. She also holds a master's degree in public administration and policy from Ben-Gurion University.

Shpak joined the IDF in 1984 and served as a career soldier. She was the first woman in several posts, including head of the training section of the Ground Forces. After her discharge in 2010 she worked at the Ministry of Defense, and in 2013 she became a senior adviser to the director general of the Ministry of Home Front Defense.

She joined Yesh Atid in 2014 and ran for head of the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council in 2018. In 2021 she was elected to the Knesset and chaired the subcommittee on home front readiness. She did not run in the 2022 Knesset elections and ran again for head of the regional council.

Shpak lives in Kibbutz Kfar Aza with her husband Zohar. On 7 October 2023 she worked from the safe room of her home to help save residents and identify victims.