Asaf Zamir
Asaf Zamir | |
|---|---|
Zamir in 2020 | |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 2020 | Minister of Tourism |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2019–2020 | Blue and White |
| 2020–2021 | Blue and White |
| Other roles | |
| 2021–2023 | Consul General in New York |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 August 1980 Ganei Yehuda, Israel |
Asaf Zamir (Hebrew: אסף זמיר; born 31 August 1980) is an Israeli politician and diplomat. He served as Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv from 2008 until 2013 and Acting Mayor in charge of education from 2013 to 2018. He was elected to the Knesset in 2019, serving in two spells until 2021. He also held the post of Minister of Tourism from May to October 2020. He was Consul General in New York from October 2021 until his resignation in March 2023, in protest at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.