Zvi Zilker

Zvi Zilker
2nd mayor of Ashdod
In office 1969–1983
Preceded by	Avner Garin
Succeeded by	Aryeh Azulay
4th mayor of Ashdod
In office 1989–2008
Preceded by	Aryeh Azulay
Succeeded by	Yechiel Lasri
Personal details
Born	1933 Güstrow, Germany
Political party	Kadima
Religion	Jewish

Zvi Zilker (Hebrew: צבי צילקר‎‎, Tzvi Tzilker, born 1933) the second mayor of the city of Ashdod in Israel.^[1]

Zilker was born in Güstrow near Berlin and immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1935 with his parents. Between 1963 and 1969, he was a member of the regional council and then city engineer of Ashdod. In 1969, he was elected for the first time to be mayor of the city, became Ashdod's second mayor. Although he left office in 1983 when he was succeeded by Aryeh Azulay, he became mayor for a second time in 1989 and retained the position until he lost to Yechiel Lasri in 2008 municipal elections.

References

1. תוצאות הבחירות המקומיות 2013 [Municipal elections 2013]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). 23 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2014.