Mordechai Ish-Shalom | |
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Mayor of Jerusalem | |
In office 1959–1965 | |
Preceded by | Gershon Agron |
Succeeded by | Teddy Kollek |
Personal details | |
Born | 1902 Lithuania, Russian Empire |
Died | 21 February 1991[a] Jerusalem, Israel | (age 88 or 89)
Political party | Mapai |
Mordechai Ish-Shalom ( Hebrew: מרדכי איש-שלום), (1902–1991 [1]), was an Israeli politician and labor leader. He was the Mayor of West 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. [1]
In 1964, Ish-Shalom established an interdisciplinary professional team to plan the modernization of Jerusalem. [2]
In the 1970s, he was instrumental in the development of Kiryat Wolfson, a five-tower high-rise project overlooking Sacher Park. [3]
Ish-Shalom died on 21 February 1991. [a] [1]