Ofir Sofer

Ofir Sofer was born in 1974 in Alma

Sofer was born in 1974 in the moshav of Alma to Rachel and Ben-Zion Sofer. His mother was a teacher, and his father, who came to Israel from Libya, was a school principal and head of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. His father was killed in a road accident when Sofer was in middle school.

He studied at the Benayahu regional school in Kerem Ben Zimra and at a preparatory school in Kfar Saba. He went on to Midrashiyat Noam and the Shavei Hevron yeshiva.

In the IDF he served as an officer in the Paratroopers Brigade and was badly wounded at Joseph's Tomb in 1996. He retired from career service in 2007 as a major and later worked at the Ministry for the Development of the Negev and the Galilee.

From 2014 to 2018 he was secretary general of the Tkuma party. He entered the Knesset in 2019 on the Union of Right-Wing Parties list, ran on the Likud list in 2021, and rejoined the Religious Zionist faction in June 2021. In December 2022 he became Minister of Aliyah and Integration, and on 15 July 2026 he announced he would retire from politics.

Sofer lives in the moshav of Tefahot in the Galilee. He is married to Adina and they have 7 children.