Mordechai Namir [SEP] position held
Mordechai Namir
Mordechai Namir (, born Mordechai Nemirovsky; 23 February 1897 – 22 February 1975) was an Israeli politician, who served as the mayor of Tel Aviv (1959–1969), a Knesset member and government minister, as well as being one of the heads of the Labour Zionist movement.
Biography.
Mordechai Namir was born in Nemyriv in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine) and studied at a heder before graduating from the Odessa University, where he studied law and economics. In 1924 he was arrested
Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality formed.
- Chen Cinema opens.
- 1951 – Ramat Gan Stadium opens near city.
- 1953
- Tel Aviv Stock Exchange founded.
- Chaim Levanon becomes mayor.
- 1960
- Mordechai Namir becomes mayor.
- Israel Sports Center for the Disabled established near city.
- 1964 – November: 16th Chess Olympiad held.
- 1965 – Shalom Meir Tower built.
- 1968 – November: 1968 Summer Paralympics.
- 1969 – Yehoshua Rabinovitz