Mordechai Ish-Shalom

Mordechai Ish-Shalom (Hebrew: מרדכי איש-שלום; ‎1902–1991),^[1] was an Israeli politician and labor leader. He was the Mayor of West Jerusalem from 1959 to 1965.

Mordechai Ish-Shalom
מרדכי איש-שלום
Mayor of Jerusalem
In office 1 November 1959 – 29 November 1965
Preceded by	Gershon Agron
Succeeded by	Teddy Kollek
Personal details
Born	1902 (1902) Lithuania, Russian Empire
Died	21 February 1991 (1991-02-22) (age 88 or 89)[a] Jerusalem, Israel
Political party	Mapai

Biography

Mordechai Ish-Shalom was born in Lithuania during the reign of the Russian Empire. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1923. His labor career began in the Stonecutters' Union in 1935; he then rose through the ranks of the Histadrut, the Israeli trade union congress.^[1]

In 1964, Ish-Shalom established an interdisciplinary professional team to plan the modernization of Jerusalem.^[2]

In the 1970s, he was instrumental in the development of Kiryat Wolfson, a five-tower high-rise project overlooking Sacher Park.^[3]

Ish-Shalom died on 21 February 1991.^[a][1]

Notes

1. The New York Times reports his birth year as 1902 yet gives his age when he died in 1991 as 90.^[1]