Yisrael Raul Zinger ( he, ישראל זינגר; born December 18, 1948) is an Israeli politician and former mayor of

Ramat Gan Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many ...

(2013-2018).

Biography

Zinger was born in 1948 in

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. He emigrated to Israel with his family in 1962 and earned a

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in 1978 from

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

. In 1985 he was appointed principal of Blich high school, a position he held until 2003. Zinger is married and he has three children.

Political career

In the 2003 elections, Zinger filed candidacy for mayor of Ramat Gan and was elected to the city council. In the 2008 elections, he ran again for the position of mayor. He led the municipal opposition until 2013. In the 2013 elections, he ran for the third time for mayor of Ramat Gan and against

Carmel Shama Carmel Shama-Hacohen ( he, כרמל שאמה הכהן, born 16 August 1973) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud in two spells between 2009 and 2014, before becoming Israel's envoy to the OECD, UNESC ...

-Hacohen of

Likud Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon ...

, being elected with 52.4% of the vote. His faction won four seats. On 15 December 2014, Zinger has been placed under house arrest for a week due to corruption suspicions. He had to interrupt his activity at the city hall for two weeks. In 2018 the inquiry was concluded with no proof of guilt. The same year, he lost the position of mayor to Likud's Carmel Shama-Hacohen.

References

External links

Yisrael Zinger's website
Living people 1948 births Mayors of Ramat Gan Tel Aviv University alumni Israeli educational theorists Israeli Jews Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent Romanian emigrants to Israel {{Israel-mayor-stub