Aviram Dahari
Aviram Dahari | |
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אבירם דהרי | |
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| 4th mayor of Kiryat Gat | |
| Assumed office 2003 - 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Erez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 |
| Political party | Tadmit |
| Spouse | Yael Dahari |
Aviram Dahari (Hebrew: אבירם דהרי; born 1963) is an Israeli politician and current mayor of the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat since 2003 before 2024.
Biography
Dahari was born to a Yemenite-Jewish family. He is the father of five children. He is a software engineer with a master's degree in Industrial engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
In the 2003 elections Dahari led the independent movement known as "Tadmit". In the first round he received 32% of the vote in contrast to the mayor at the time Albert Erez, who received 25%. In the second round, Dahari received about 70% of the vote and became the city's fifth mayor. Dahari was re-elected in the 2008 municipal elections, the 2013 municipal elections, and again in the 2018 municipal elections, each time winning over 50% of the vote in round 1.