Zvi Zilker the second mayor of the city of Ashdod in Israel

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Zilker was born in Berlin

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 and immigrated

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 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

Aryeh Azulay

Aryeh Azulai was the third mayor of the city Ashdod in israel.Born in Fes, Morocco, Azulai is a teacher by profession. He held a number of roles in the education system until he was elected as mayor of Ashdod in 1983...

, he became mayor for a second time in 1989 and retained the position until he lost to Yechiel Lasri in 2008 municipal elections.