| Yosef Haim Shapira | |
| Native Name: | יוסף חיים שפירא |
| Native Name Lang: | he |
| Office: | State Comptroller of Israel |
| Term Start: | July 2012 |
| Term End: | July 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Micha Lindenstrauss |
| Successor: | Matanyahu Englman |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Jerusalem, |
| Children: | 3 |
| Education: | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (LL.B.) University of Leicester (M.A. in Criminology) |
| Profession: | Attorney, 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.
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]
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]