Yona Yahav

Yona Yahav
Faction represented in the Knesset
1996–1999Labor Party
Mayor of Haifa
In office
2003–2018
Preceded byGiora Fisher (acting)
Succeeded byEinat Kalisch-Rotem
Personal details
Born (1944-06-19) 19 June 1944 (age 80)
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.

  1. ^ "Haifa elects first woman mayor". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 4 December 2021.