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Yosef Shapira (judge)

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Yosef Haim Shapira
יוסף חיים שפירא
State Comptroller of Israel
In office
July 2012 – July 2019
Preceded byMicha Lindenstrauss
Succeeded byMatanyahu Englman
Personal details
Born (1945-07-05) 5 July 1945 (age 79)
Jerusalem,  Mandatory Palestine
Nationality Israel
Children3
EducationHebrew University of Jerusalem (LL.B.) University of Leicester (M.A. in Criminology)
ProfessionAttorney, judge

Yosef Haim Shapira (Hebrew: יוסף חיים שפירא; born 5 July 1945) is an Israeli attorney and judge who served as the seventh State Comptroller of Israel from July 2012 to July 2019.

Biography

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Shapira was born in Jerusalem. He earned a law degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1971 and in 1972 was certified as a lawyer. As part of his reserve duty, he served as a judge at the IDF's Military Court of Appeals, as a colonel. In 2000 he received a Master's degree in criminology from the University of Leicester in England.

Shapira is married and a father of three children and two grandchildren.[1]

Judicial career

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Between 2001–2003 he was Vice Chairman of the National Disciplinary Tribunal of the Israeli Bar Association. In July 2003 he was appointed a judge of HaShalom courts in the District of Jerusalem. In May 2005 he was appointed a judge of the District Court of Jerusalem.[2]

Notable rulings include the opening of the Karta parking lot for businesses on Shabbat, the 2007 ruling in favor of an appointment of an Arab director for the JNF,[3] and his 2008 ruling against the dismantling of Hamas in Jerusalem.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Joseph H. Shapira - State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel". Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  2. ^ "מסתמן: השופט יוסף שפירא ימונה למבקר המדינה". Ynet. 9 February 2012.
  3. ^ רוט, נורית (5 July 2007). "ביהמ"ש אישר מינוי דירקטור ערבי בקק"ל". הארץ.
  4. ^ "ביהמ"ש דחה הבקשה לפירוק החמאס". 23 June 2008.