Nissim Vaturi

Nissim Vaturi was born in 1969 in Rishon LeZion

Vaturi was born on 23 October 1969 in the Ramat Eliyahu neighborhood of Rishon LeZion. His father immigrated from Libya in 1949 and his mother from Iraq in 1951. As a youth he belonged to the local Betar branch, where David Bitan was his counselor.

In 1991 he was appointed chairman of the Likud youth. He served in the IDF as commander of an aircraft recovery team at an Air Force base. He later received a correspondence doctorate from a Ukrainian university, a degree not recognized in Israel, and then studied for a bachelor's degree in law.

He married a teacher and they had 7 children. The family moved to Alonei HaBashan in the Golan Heights in 2001. He opened a cafe in Katzrin that failed, and in 2015 he filed for bankruptcy.

Vaturi worked as a political advisor to Bitan and entered the Knesset on 11 December 2020, replacing Gideon Sa'ar. He lost his seat in 2021 and returned in 2022 from 21st place on the Likud list. A petition over his change of address before the primaries was dismissed by the Likud court.

In the Knesset he was a deputy speaker and a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. His statements about Gaza during the war drew attention. In the 2026 Likud primary he placed 33rd and was not on the party's list.