Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (born 1927)

Shlomo Lahat

Israeli military officer and politician

Shlomo "Chich" Lahat was a major general in the Israel Defense Forces and former Head of the Manpower Directorate. He served as the eighth mayor of Tel Aviv in 1974–1993, for four consecutive terms. After election on the Likud ticket in 1974, he was re-elected in 1978, 1983 and…