Yona Yahav | |
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יונה יהב | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1996–1999 | Labor Party |
Mayor of Haifa | |
In office 2003–2018 | |
Preceded by | Giora Fisher (acting) |
Succeeded by | Einat Kalisch-Rotem |
Personal details | |
Born | Haifa, Mandatory Palestine | 19 June 1944
Yona Yahav (Hebrew: יונה יהב, born 19 June 1944) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He was formerly a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party. Yahav was the mayor of Haifa between 2003 and 2018. In the 2018 Haifa mayoral election, he lost to Einat Kalisch-Rotem.[1] In the 2024 Haifa mayoral election in the second round of elections for mayor, Yahav defeated David Etzioni and thus returned to serve as mayor of Haifa.