Ofer Eini (; born 24 January 1959 in

Beersheba Beersheba ( / ; ), officially Be'er-Sheva, is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most p ...

) is an Israeli tax advisor and politician. From 2006 to 2014 he served as the Secretary General of the

Histadrut Histadrut, fully the New General Workers' Federation () and until 1994 the General Federation of Labour in the Land of Israel (, ''HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael''), is Israel's national trade union center and represents the m ...

. Immediately after he served as the chairman of the

Israel Football Association The Israel Football Association (IFA; , ''HaHit'aḥdut leKaduregel beIsrael'', ) is the governing body of football in Israel. It organizes a variety of association football leagues where the highest level is the Israeli Premier League; as well a ...

(2014–2018). Eini challenged

Arnon Bar-David Arnon Bar-David (; born 1957) is an Israeli trade unionist and civil servant. He is the Chairman of the Histadrut since March 2019. Biography Arnon Bar-David was born in 1957 in Tel Aviv. His father worked in the city's water plant. In 1975, Bar ...

for the leadership of the Histadrut in 2022. he was defeated by Bar-David, who won 78% of the vote to Eini's 22%.

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