Zvi Gendelman

Zvi Gendelman
Born	1956 (age 60–61) Tiberias, Israel
Allegiance	Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	1974–2007
Rank	Tat aluf
Commands held	7th Armored Brigade, 460th Brigade, 319th Division, 36th Division and Military attaché in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Finland
Battles/wars	1982 Lebanon War South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) First Intifada Second Intifada
Other work	Chairman of Sha'ar Menashe association, CEO of Cinema City Rishon LeZion, mayor of Hadera

Zvi "Zvika" Gendelman (Hebrew: צבי "צביקה" גנדלמן; born September 12, 1956) is an Israeli politician who is the current mayor of Hadera, and a former Brigadier-general in the Israel Defense Forces. A member of the Yesh Atid party, Gendelman was elected in the 2013 municipal elections, where he defeated former mayor Chaim Avitan.

Zvi Gendelman was born in Tiberias, Israel on September 12, 1956. At the age of 7, his family relocated to Hadera, where he grew up and was educated.

He enlisted in the IDF naval special forces unit of the Israeli Navy, Shayetet 13. After an injury, he moved to the Armored Corps, where he was trained as a fighter and in a tank commander's course. Subsequently he completed an Officers Course and was a tank commander. In Operation Litani (1978) Gendelman, as a company commander, led the forces in the occupation of the town Bint Jbeil. During the Lebanon War he was the brigade operations officer. At the end of the war he became 7th Armored Brigade officer and eventually the regiment commander. Gendelman served as commander of 460th Brigade and in 1996 was promoted to brigadier general, and was the bang division commander, and the commander of the company and battalion commanders course. In 1999, he was appointed as a commander of the 36th Division, having served in that capacity for two years.

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