Shlomo Lahat

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Lahat in April 2009.

Shlomo Lahat (9 September 1927 – 1 October 2014) was an Israeli general and politician. He served as Mayor of Tel Aviv from 1974 until 1993. He was a member of Likud .

Lahat was born in Berlin , Germany . He and his family moved to Israel in 1933 during the Nazi uprising. During his final years, Lahat had Alzheimer's disease .

Lahat died from a lung infection on 1 October 2014 in Tel Aviv. He was 86. [1]

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  1. "Legendary Tel Aviv mayor Shlomo Lahat dead at 86" . The Jerusalem Post . 1 October 2015 . Retrieved 1 October 2015 .