Zvi Gendelman

Zvi Gendelman
Zvi Gendelman
	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 (

Brigadier-general in the Israel Defense Forces. A member of a centrist independent political group, Gendelman was elected in the 2013 municipal elections

, defeating then-Mayor Chaim Avitan. He was re-elected in 2018.

Biography

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

36th Division

, having served in that capacity for two years.

In October 2000, the

Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz a letter of resignation. The resignation was not accepted. Peled committee, which investigated the circumstances of the case, did not receive command decisions. Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz

has decided to write a comment command. A Channel 2 investigation sided with Gendelman's lack of guilt. Gendelman continued in his position as commander of the division until May 2001. He then commanded a course for company commanders and battalion commanders.

In 2003 he was appointed as Military attaché in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Finland; a position he held until 2006.

Post-retirement

In the late of 2008, Gendelman announced his intention to run for mayor of Hadera in the municipal elections, but was defeated by incumbent mayor Chaim Avitan. Later on, he was in the business market, dealing with various of innovations and management of projects. In 2013, Gendelman run again for office in the municipal elections, beating then-incumbent Mayor from the Likud party, Chaim Avitan.

In October 2018, plagued by an ongoing probe which was launched months earlier, and while leaving his centrist Yesh Atid party to form an independent group called Hadera BeTnufah (Hadera On The Rise), he was re-elected with 41% of the vote.

Personal life

Gendelman has a master's degree in

Haifa University

. He is divorced and has 4 children.

References

^ "Incumbent mayors victorious in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem municipal elections" jPost, 23 October 2013

[1] "Incumbent mayors victorious in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem municipal elections" jPost, 23 October 2013