Yasser Hujeirat

Yasser Hujeirat was born in 1965 in Bir al-Maksur

Hujeirat was born on 19 December 1965 in Bir al-Maksur. He belongs to the local al-Hujeirat tribe, a Bedouin tribe of the Lower Galilee.

He earned a bachelor's degree in biology, a master's in biochemistry and a doctorate in genetics from the Hebrew University. He did postdoctoral work on cancer genetics at the Technion and at a British cancer research fund.

He first taught chemistry and biology at the high school in Bir al-Maksur. In 1997 he set up a molecular genetics lab at HaEmek Medical Center in Afula. He was elected head of the local council in 2008 and lost the elections of 2013 and 2018.

After leaving the council he served on boards of government companies. From 2016 to 2018 he ran Al-Fanar, a company promoting Arab employment, and later ran the coronavirus lab of MyHeritage. He also lectured at the Technion, the Yezreel Valley College and the Nazareth hospital.

In 2022 he was placed fifth on the Ra'am list and was elected to the Knesset. He chairs the Science and Technology Committee. He is married to Ibtisam and has 6 children.