Ron Huldai

Ron Huldai (Hebrew רון חולדאי; born August 26, 1944 at Kibbutz Hulda, Mandate of Palestine ) is an Israeli politician of the Social Democratic Avodah, former fighter pilot and principal.

Huldai grew up in Kibbutz Hulda. In 1963 he joined the Israeli Air Force. During his 26 years of service as a fighter pilot he took, among others, part of the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War. When he retired from active service, he held the rank of brigadier general (Tat - Aluf ).

Huldai now fulfilled a long -cherished wish and was, like his parents, in the education system operates. He was headmaster of the grammar school Herzlyia.

Huldai was elected mayor of Tel Aviv in 1998. In the years 2003 and 2008 was his re-election. During his tenure, the city developed as a center for over 600 start -up companies.

2009 awarded him the University of Tel Aviv honorary doctorate.

Huldai is married and has three children.