Shlomo Bohbot ( he, שלמה בוחבוט, born 8 November 1942) is an Israeli politician who was mayor of

Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha ( he, מַעֲלוֹת-תַּרְשִׁיחָא; ar, معالوت ترشيحا, ''Maʻālūt Taršīḥā'') is a city in the North District in Israel, some east of Nahariya, about above sea level. The city was established in 1 ...

from 1976 until 2018, and also served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

for the Labor Party between 1992 and 1996.

Biography

Born in

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

in 1942, Bohbot made

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

to Israel in 1954 under the

Youth Aliyah Youth Aliyah (Hebrew: עלית הנוער, ''Aliyat Hano'ar'', German: Jugend-Alijah, Youth Immigration) is a Jewish organization that rescued thousands of Jewish children from the Nazis during the Third Reich. Youth Aliyah arranged for their r ...

programme. Between 1963 and 1971 he worked in the social services department of Ma'alot-Tarshiha local council. He was elected to the municipal council in 1974, and became head of the municipal council in 1976, a post equivalent to mayor. When Ma'alot-Tarshiha became a city in 1995, Bohbot continued as mayor, and held the post until defeated by Arkady Pomerantz in the 2018 local elections. He also served as deputy chairman of the

Development town Development towns ( he, עיירת פיתוח, ''Ayarat Pitu'ah'') were new settlements built in Israel during the 1950s in order to provide permanent housing for a large influx of Jewish immigrants from Arab countries, Holocaust survivors from E ...

forum.Shlomo Bohbot: Public Activities
Knesset website Bohbot joined

Ezer Weizman Ezer Weizman (; he, עֵזֶר וַיצְמָן ''Ezer Vaytsman''; 15 June 1924 – 24 April 2005) was the seventh President of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Ai ...

's Yahad party, and was fifth on its list for the 1984 elections, although the party won only three seats. He later joined the Labor Party, and in

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

he was elected to the Knesset on its list. He lost his seat in the 1996 elections due to a new law which prevented mayors from also serving in the Knesset. In 2006 he left the Labor Party to join

Kadima Kadima ( he, קדימה, lit=''Forward'') was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely following the implementation of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan ...

, but left the new party the following year. In 2009 he became head of the Local Government Centre, a position in which he served until 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bohbot, Shlomo 1942 births Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent 20th-century Moroccan Jews Moroccan emigrants to Israel Mayors of local councils in Israel Mayors of places in Israel Living people Israeli Labor Party politicians Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996)