Meir Yitzhak Halevi
Meir Yitzhak Halevi (Hebrew: מאיר יצחק-הלוי, born 1953) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as mayor of Eilat.[1]
Meir Yitzhak Halevi מאיר יצחק-הלוי | |
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 Meir Yitzhak Halevi | |
| 8th Mayor of Eilat | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 66–67) Jerusalem |
| Political party | Kadima |
Biography
Halevi was born in Jerusalem, in 1953, and is of Yemenite-Jewish descent, as his grandfather was the chief rabbi of Yemen.
Political career
He moved to Eilat in 1978 and ran the community centre and management college in the city. He was elected to the city council in 1993, and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1998. Between 1998 and 2003 he served as opposition leader on the council. He won the municipal election in 2003, and following the formation of Kadima, Halevi joined the new party. In the 2008 elections he won 50% of the vote to retain office.
He gained notoriety for his "City Without Crime" program.
gollark: It's fuzzily defined, somewhat niche as a concern anyway, and rarely actually encoded into law.
gollark: Also the rest of the government I think. Similar to the US's many mass surveillance laws.
gollark: The "investigatory powers bill" is also rather bad but many countries have the same sort of thing nowadays, so the awfulness isn't very unique.
gollark: If you like that you'll love UK knife law!
gollark: You pay for BBC content online and any broadcast live TV, apparently.
References
- Kubovich, Yaniv; Zarchin, Tomer (21 November 2010). "Eilat mayor knew of assault allegations against Bar-Lev". Haaretz. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
External links
- List of Eilat's mayors Eilat Municipality
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