Yossi Brodny

Yossi Brodny was born in 1971 in Hadera

Brodny was born in Hadera on 15 January 1971 to a family of educators. His maternal grandparents were born in Czechoslovakia. He was a member and later a counselor in the Bnei Akiva youth movement, and studied at Midrashiyat Noam in Pardes Hanna and at the Kerem B'Yavneh hesder yeshiva.

After one year in the hesder track he left it for full service in the Paratroopers Brigade. He served from 1989 to 1996 and became a company commander with the rank of major. He then earned a law degree at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and a master's degree in real estate at Netanya Academic College, and managed a construction company.

From 2003 to 2008 he chaired the young generation of the National Religious Party and sat on the Giv'at Shmuel council. In 2008 he defeated mayor Zamir Ben Ari, was elected mayor and joined the Likud. He was reelected in 2013 without rivals, and again in 2018 and 2024.

In 2022 he returned to The Jewish Home and was chosen to lead its list, which ran jointly with Yamina under Ayelet Shaked, with Brodny second. In 2024 he joined Yisrael Beiteinu. He is married to Einat, a teacher, and has 4 children.