Said Nafa

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Said Nafa

Date of birth	4 January 1953
Place of birth	Beit Jann, Israel
Knesset(s)	17th (current)
Party	Balad

Said Nafa (Arabic: سعيد نفاع‎, Hebrew: סעיד נפאע‎, born 4 January 1953) is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He is a member of the Knesset for the Israeli Arab party, Balad.

In 1989 he was elected to Beit Jann's local council as a representative of Maki, and served as the authority's mayor between 1992 and 1993. He left Maki in 1997.

Prior to the 2006 elections he was placed 4th on Balad's list. Although Balad won only three seats in the election, he entered the Knesset on 24 April 2007 as a replacement for party leader Azmi Bishara, who had resigned.

Nafa lives in Beit Jann and is married with nine children.