Back تيدي كوليك Arabic Teddy Kollek Czech Teddy Kollek German Τέντι Κόλεκ Greek Teddy Kollek Spanish Teddy Kollek Basque تدی کولک Persian Teddy Kollek Finnish Teddy Kollek French טדי קולק HE
Teddy Kollek | |
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| טדי קולק | |
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| Mayor of Jerusalem | |
| In office 29 November 1965 – 2 November 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Mordechai Ish-Shalom |
| Succeeded by | Ehud Olmert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kollek Tivadar 27 May 1911 Nagyvázsony, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Died | 2 January 2007 (aged 95) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Nationality | Hungary Israel |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Tamar Schwartz (1917–2013)[1] |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (1985)
Israel Prize (1988) Honorary Citizen of Vienna (2001) |
Theodor "Teddy" Kollek (Hebrew: טדי קולק; 27 May 1911 – 2 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983, and 1989. During his tenure, Jerusalem developed into a modern city, especially after its reunification in 1967.[2] He was once called "the greatest builder of Jerusalem since Herod."[3]
After reluctantly running for a seventh term in 1993 at the age of 82, he lost to Likud candidate and future Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert.
- ^ 26 July 2013 Obituary The Times of Israel
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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