Yoel Hasson

Yoel Hasson was born in 1973 in Rishon LeZion

Hasson was born on 2 April 1973 and grew up in Rishon LeZion. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Tunisia. He studied at the David Raziel youth village in Herzliya and the Jabotinsky youth village in Be'er Ya'akov, and joined Betar at 16.

Before the army he did a service year working with youth at risk. After the IDF he earned a BA in Government and Public Policy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.

In 1997 he became a parliamentary adviser to MK Uzi Landau, and from 1998 he headed Betar. After the 2001 elections Ariel Sharon appointed him to head the Public Inquiries Division in the Prime Minister's Office. In 2005 he left the Likud and joined Kadima.

He entered the Knesset in 2006 and later chaired the coalition and the Kadima faction. In the 18th Knesset he chaired the State Control Committee, which dealt with the Carmel fire. In 2012 he joined Hatnuah but did not win a seat in 2013, and then founded consulting firms.

In 2015 he returned to the Knesset on the Zionist Union list and became deputy speaker. He married Tess Gadot in April 2012, and they have a son.