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University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming Is ...

(B.A. in economics) * Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (MA in

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) , occupation = , years_active = , era = , employer = , organization = , known_for = *President of El Al Airlines *President of Cellcom *President of the

, notable_works = , style = , height = , television = , title = , term = , predecessor = , successor = , party = , movement = , opponents = , boards = , criminal_charges = , criminal_penalty = , criminal_status = , spouse = , partner = , children = , parents = , mother = , father = , relatives = , family = , callsign = , awards = , website = , module = , module2 = , module3 = , module4 = , module5 = , module6 = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Amos Shapira (עמוס שפירא; born 1949) is an Israeli former President of El Al Airlines, Cellcom, and the

Biography

Shapira is a sixth-generation Israeli. His grandfather was an

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

in the agricultural settlement of

Yesud HaMa'ala Yesud HaMa'ala ( he, יְסוּד הַמַּעֲלָה) is a moshava and local council in northern Israel. The moshava was the first modern Jewish community in the Hula Valley. Built in 1883, the community was among a series of agricultural settl ...

in the Hula Valley in Northern Israel. Shapira earned his B.A. in economics from the

in 1980, and his MA in

from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology."New Haifa U president warns of Israeli brain drain,"
''The Canadian Jewish News''. Shapira was President and CEO of El Al Airlines from 2003 to 2005, and then of Cellcom (appointed in 2005), Israel's largest cellular provider. He then was made President of the University of Haifa, beginning in October 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shapira, Amos Living people University of Haifa alumni Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni University of Haifa faculty Presidents of universities in Israel 21st-century Israeli businesspeople 1949 births