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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 | 19 June 1944 Haifa, Mandatory Palestine |
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.
- ^ "Haifa elects first woman mayor". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 4 December 2021.