Ron Huldai

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Ron Huldai

Ron Huldai ( Hebrew רוֹן חוּלְדָּאִי Rōn Chūlda'ī ; * August 26, 1944 in Kibbutz Chulda , Mandate Palestine ) is an Israeli politician of the social democratic ʿAvodah , former fighter pilot and school director .

Huldai grew up in Kibbutz Chulda. In 1963 he joined the Israeli Air Force . During his 26-year service as a fighter pilot, he took part in the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War , among other things . When he retired from active service, he held the rank of Brigadier General ( Tat-Aluf ).

Huldai now fulfilled a long-cherished wish and, like his parents, worked in education. He became the principal of the Herzliya Hebrew High School in Tel Aviv .

Huldai was elected mayor of Tel Aviv in 1998. He was re-elected in 2003, 2008, 2013 and 2018. During his tenure, the city developed into a center for over 600 start-up companies .

2009 awarded him Tel Aviv University , the honorary doctorate .

Huldai is married and has three children.

Web links

Commons : Ron Huldai  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ben Rooney: How Tel Aviv Became a Tech Hub. wsj.com, January 27, 2012 , accessed January 31, 2012
  2. ^ List of honorary doctorates from Tel Aviv University
  3. ^ Ron Huldai - Tel Aviv-Yafo Foundation . In: Tel Aviv-Yafo Foundation . ( telavivfoundation.org [accessed March 28, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Huldai, Ron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Chulda (kibbutz) , Israel