Itamar Shimoni
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Itamar Shimoni | |
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| 13th Mayor of Ashkelon | |
| In office 2013–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Benny Vaknin |
| Succeeded by | Tomer Gla'am |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 April 1968 |
| Spouse | Revital Shimoni |
Itamar Shimoni (Hebrew: איתמר שמעוני; born 1968) is an Israeli politician. He was the mayor of Ashkelon from 2013 to 2017.
Biography
Itamar Shimoni earned a B.A. in Business Administration, Engineering in Industrial Management.[1] He has three children.[2]
Business career
Shimon was CEO of Atarim, Creative Manager at
Political career
In October 2013, Shimoni became mayor of Ashkelon when he defeated the incumbent, Benny Vaknin, who had served four terms. In his war on organized crime in the city, he ordered the closure of a restaurant owned by crime boss Shalom Domrani's family.[3] In November 2013, he evacuated Ashkelon schools found to have high levels of radiation.[4]
In November 2014, Shimoni announced that Arab construction workers would be banned from projects on the grounds of Israeli schools and kindergartens. This was in response to the
Shimoni was arrested on 5 January 2016 on charges of bribery, breach of trust, money laundering and rape.[10] In May 2016, he returned to City Hall.[11] The sex crime allegations were dropped due to lack of evidence.[12]
References
- ^ http://www.israelhls2014.com/speaker.ehtml?account=1620038
- ^ "Maayan Jaffe: Meet The Mayor"http://jewishtimes.com/16813/meet-the-mayor/
- ^ "Ashkelon Mayor Declares War on Crime Bosses(Nov 13, 2013)"http://www.5towns.com/ashkelon-mayor-declares-war-on-crime-bosses/ Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ashkelon: Schools Exposed to High Radiation Evacuated"http://www.dealnj.com/ashkelon-schools-exposed-to-high-radiation-evacuated/
- ^ "Josef Federman 'Israeli mayor's ban on Arab workers ignites uproar' (Nov 20, 2014)" https://news.yahoo.com/israel-military-gaza-militants-test-rockets-090940001.html
- ^ "Matan Tzuri: Ashkelon mayorNo Arab construction workers in kindergartens (Nov 21, 2014)" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4594006,00.html
- ^ "Shirly Seidler: Ashkelon mayor bars Arab construction workers from local kindergartens(Nov 20, 2014)" http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.627441
- ^ "The times of Israel Staff and Spencer Ho: Ashkelon warned over Arab worker ban, as poll shows public support (Nov 20, 2014)"http://www.timesofisrael.com/ashkelon-mayor-warned-over-arab-worker-ban-but-public-backs-move/
- ^ "Ho, Spencer 'Ashkelon reportedly to let Arab workers finish kindergarten shelters' Times of Israel (Nov 23, 2014)"http://www.timesofisrael.com/ashkelon-reportedly-to-let-arab-workers-finish-kindergarten-shelters/
- ^ Pileggi, Tamar (5 January 2016). "Ashkelon mayor arrested on rape, bribery allegations". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ After rape, hush money arrest, Ashkelon mayor back on the job
- ^ ""המשפט קורס ואני מאמין שאחזור לכהן"". 18 October 2018.
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