Aryeh Azulai ( he, אריה אזולאי; born 9 July 1933) was the third mayor of the city

Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...

in Israel. Born in

Fes Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...

, Morocco, Azulai is a teacher by profession. He held a number of roles in the education system until he was elected as mayor of

in 1983. During his time as mayor his best-known achievement was the foundation of the Ashdod Development Company and the Korin Maman Museum. He was replaced as mayor by

Zvi Zilker Zvi Zilker (13 March 1933 – 18 November 2021) was an Israeli politician who served as the fourth and sixth mayor of Ashdod. Background Zilker was born in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, in March 1933, to a German Jewish family, and i ...

(who he had earlier succeeded) in 1989. Since 1993 he has been involved in the

Jewish Agency The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Azulai, Aryeh 1933 births Moroccan emigrants to Israel 20th-century Moroccan Jews People from Fez, Morocco People from Ashdod Israeli schoolteachers Mayors of places in Israel Living people Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent