Ilan Shohat
Ilan Shohat | |
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אילן שוחט | |
Ilan Shohat, Mayor of Safed | |
Mayor of Safed | |
Assumed office 2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Safed, Israel | 21 September 1974
Political party | Yisrael Beiteinu |
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Ilan Shohat (Hebrew: אילן שוחט; born 21 September 1974) is an Israeli politician, and the mayor of Safed in the Israeli Galilee since 2008.[1]
In 2010, he was the youngest mayor in Israel. In 2015, he was elected to the Knesset, but chose not to take his seat days before he was to be sworn in. He lost his bid for re-election in 2018.[2]
Biography
Ilan Shohat was born in
Mayor of Safed
Shohat was first elected Mayor of Safed, a city in the Israeli Galilee, in 2008.[6] He was a representative of an independent list identified with Kadima and was supported by Yisrael Beiteinu and the Labor Party.[6] In 2009, he visited Bowling Green, Kentucky, asking for help providing transportable bomb shelters to Israel.[7] In 2010 Shohat was Israel's youngest mayor.[5] In 2012, he was investigated on suspicion of taking a bribe during the 2008 elections, but the Northern District Prosecutor's Office decided to close the case.[4]
He was re-elected Mayor easily in 2013.
He ran for local office in Safed as a member of the Likud and also ran for the head of Kadima. He joined Yisrael Beiteinu in 2012.
Election to the Israeli Knesset
Shohat won a seat in the
2018 election
On 30 October 2018, Shohat lost his bid for re-election as Mayor of Safed.[2]
References
- ^ "Ilan Shohat -The Mayor". safed.co.il.
- ^ a b "Runoff in Jerusalem, Haifa gets first female mayor". Ynetnews. 31 October 2018.
- ^ a b "First woman elected to Safed city council has ultra-Orthodox up in arms". Haaretz. 28 October 2013.
- ^ a b Margalit, Michal (20 March 2015). "Meet Israel's new lawmakers". ynet.
- ^ a b c "Safed, a model for coexistence or sectarian tinderbox?; Haaretz speaks with Safed Mayor Ilan Shohat after weeks of tension between local Jewish youth and the hundreds of Arab students residing in the city". Haaretz. 4 November 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "No. 4 on Yisrael Beiteinu list forgoes Knesset for city hall; Safed Mayor Ilan Shohat, who says he prefers to remain in his current post, has been under some controversy after a recording revealed possible improper conduct on his watch". Haaretz. 24 March 2015.
- ^ Harvey, Alyssa (20 May 2009). "Israeli mayor seeking BG help; Operation Lifeshield, Ilan Shohat speaking tonight at Hillvue Heights to discuss bomb shelters". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Einav, Hagai (4 November 2010). "Safed ads: Raed Salah plots to take over our city". ynet.
- ^ "Beleaguered Galilee Mayor: 'Stop Transferring Wounded Syrians' to Overburdened Local Hospitals". Algemeiner.
- ^ a b "Safed mayor pulls out of Yisrael Beytenu list before swearing in as MK". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ a b "Yisrael Beytenu MK Ilan Shohat Resigns; Shohat to return to post as mayor of Tzfat; he will be replaced by MK Robert Ilatov". Arutz Sheva.