Yisrael Zinger

Yisrael Zinger
ישראל זינגר‎
5th Mayor of Ramat Gan
In office
October 22, 2013 – November 14, 2018
Preceded byZvi Bar
Succeeded byCarmel Shama
Personal details
Born (1948-01-18) January 18, 1948 (age 76)
Bucharest, Romania
Political partyNew Ramat Gan

Yisrael Raul Zinger (Hebrew: ישראל זינגר; born December 18, 1948) is an Israeli politician and former mayor of Ramat Gan (2013–2018).

Biography

Zinger was born in 1948 in Bucharest, Romania. He immigrated to Israel with his family in 1962 and earned a master's degree in nuclear physics in 1978 from Tel Aviv University. 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 ran for mayor of Ramat Gan and was elected to the city council. In the 2008 elections, he ran for a second term.[1] He led the municipal opposition until 2013.

In the 2013 elections, he ran for the third time for mayor of Ramat Gan against Carmel Shama-Hacohen of Likud. He was elected with 52.4% of the vote.[2] His faction won four seats.

On 15 December 2014, Zinger was placed under house arrest for a week due to corruption suspicions.[3] 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

  1. ^ "Zinger: I am Sharon's candidate for mayor of Ramat Gan". Haaretz. 29 July 2003. Yisrael Zinger, the former principal of Ramat Gan's Blich high school, announced again his candidacy for the function of mayor of that city and claimed the support of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a press conference Tuesday.
  2. ^ "Biggest cities re-elect their mayors". Globes. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Ramat Gan mayor Yisrael Zinger suspect in graft affair". Globes. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Ramat Gan
2013–2018 		Succeeded by


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