Kfir Swisa

Kfir Swisa

Kfir Suissa (born October 26, 1983) is the mayor of Kiryat Gat. Prior to that he was a member of the Kiryat Gat city council and chairman of the PA's audit committee. He served as CEO of the Ministry of Culture and Sports and CEO of Likud Global (Hebrew: הליכוד העולמי).

biography

Suissa graduated with a bachelor's degree in administration and public policy from Sapir College in Sderot.

In the years 2005-2009, he was an operations manager at "Shamraz Technological Services" company.

In 2014, he was appointed CEO of the Maccabi Kiryat Gat B.C. basketball, and served in the position until 2018. Under his management, the team qualified for the Premier League and played in it for two seasons. In its last season, the team won the Israeli Basketball Leumit Cup, finished as the regular league champion and lost in the playoff final series to Hapoel Be'er Sheva This season was characterized by a severe financial crisis that befell the team due to the cessation of support from the local authority, and at the end of that season, he was also a member of the board of directors of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

From 2018 to January 2023, he was a member of the Kiryat Gat City Council on behalf of the "Kiryat Gat Wining" faction that won two mandates under his leadership and chairman of the council's Audit committee.