Mordechai Ish Shalom
| Mordechai Ish-Shalom | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Mayor of Jerusalem | |
|
In office 1959–1965 |
|
| Preceded by | Gershon Agron |
| Succeeded by | Teddy Kollek |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 January 1902 Lithuania, Russian Empire |
| Died | 21 February 1991 (aged 89) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Political party | Mapai |
Mordechai Ish-Shalom (Hebrew: מרדכי איש-שלום), (1902–1991), was an Israeli politician and labor leader. He was the Mayor of Jerusalem from 1959 to 1965.
Mordechai Ish-Shalom was born in Lithuania during the reign of the Russian Empire. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1923. His labor career began in the Stonecutters' Union in 1935; he then rose through the ranks of the Histadrut, the Israeli trade union congress. In 1964, Ish-Shalom established an interdisciplinary professional team to plan the modernization of Jerusalem.
In the 1970s, he was instrumental in the development of Kiryat Wolfson, a five-tower high-rise project overlooking Sacher Park.
Ish-Shalom died at the age of 89.
...
Wikipedia