Teddy Kollek

Teddy Kollek
טדי קולק
Mayor of Jerusalem
In office
29 November 1965 – 2 November 1993
Preceded byMordechai Ish-Shalom
Succeeded byEhud Olmert
Personal details
Born
Kollek Tivadar

27 May 1911
Nagyvázsony, Kingdom of Hungary
Died2 January 2007(2007-01-02) (aged 95)
Jerusalem, Israel
CitizenshipIsrael
NationalityHungary
Israel
Political partyLabour
SpouseTamar Schwartz (1917–2013)[1]
Children2
AwardsPeace 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.

  1. ^ 26 July 2013 Obituary The Times of Israel
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference washpostobit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Zvielli, Alexander (2 January 2007). "Teddy Kollek and his life-long dedication". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 January 2007.[permanent dead link]