Yossi Dagan

Yossi Dagan was born in 2000 in Israel

Dagan grew up in the Pardes Katz neighborhood of Bnei Brak and later moved with his family to Shavei Shomron. He was a counselor in Bnei Akiva and led the youth division of the Moledet party, working closely with its leader Rehavam Ze'evi.

He was in the first class of the Darkei Noam Yeshiva and studied at other yeshivas, including Yeshivat Nir in Kiryat Arba. He holds a bachelor's degree in law from Ono Academic College and a master's in law from Bar-Ilan University, and he is an accredited mediator.

After his army service he helped found a group of religious families that settled in Sa-Nur, which was evacuated in the 2005 disengagement. He led the opposition to the evacuation in the northern Shomron and later helped found Homesh First, which sought a return to the evacuated communities.

He was elected to the Shomron Regional Council in 2007 and 2012 and became deputy head after 2012. In 2009 he co-founded a settlement group within Likud. In August 2015 he was elected head of the council with 63% of the vote.

In June 2023 a Palestinian Authority policeman was arrested on charges linked to a plot to assassinate him. He is married with 4 children and lives in Shavei Shomron.