Yaakov Turner
Yaakov Turner | |
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7th Mayor of Beersheba | |
In office 1998–2008 | |
Preceded by | David Bunfeld |
Succeeded by | Ruvik Danilovich |
Personal details | |
Born |
27 February 1935 (age 83) Kfar Yona, Israel |
Political party | Labor Party |
Spouse(s) | Ariela Turner |
Yaakov Turner (Hebrew: יעקב טרנר (born 27 February 1935) is the former mayor of Beersheba. Prior to his election as mayor, he was an Israel Air Force pilot and Israel's Chief of Police.[1] He is the founder and head of the Israeli Air Force Museum.[2]
Biography
Yaakov Turner was born in Kfar Yona, Israel, to Jewish parents from Hungary and Poland. He graduated from Ben Gurion University of the Negev with a major in behavioral sciences.[3]
Military and police career
Turner enlisted in the Israeli Air Force in 1953 and retired in 1985 as a brigadier general. In the Yom Kippur War he was an F-4 Phantom II pilot, and in the Six-Day War and the War of Attrition, he was the commander of an air combat squadron.
In 1985 he founded the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim airbase near Beersheba.[4]
After his military service, he joined the Israel Police, where he became general commissioner (commander of the police) in 1990, a position he held until 1993. Turner served as president of the Israeli branch of the International Police Association.[5]
Mayor
In 1998, Turner was elected mayor of Beersheba. He was elected on a local list, but with the support of the Israeli Labor Party.[6] He was re-elected in 2003,[3] but lost the elections in 2008 to his former deputy mayor, Ruvik Danilovich.[7] Turner won 30 percent of the vote versus 60 percent for Danilovich].[8]
The Yaakov Turner Sports Complex, named for him, includes the 16,000-seat Turner Stadium, multifunctional sport hall and practice fields.[9]
References
- ↑ Lebel, Udi (2013-09-13). Communicating Security: Civil-Military Relations in Israel. Routledge. ISBN 9781317998228.
- ↑ International Air Cadets Plant Trees at Israeli Air Force Museum
- 1 2 Russo, Yocheved Miriam (December 5, 2003). "Beersheva Mayor Yaakov Terner". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "International Air Cadets at Israeli Air Force Museum". The Jerusalem Post. August 2, 2012. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ↑ International Police Association
- ↑ Israel Democracy Institute: National and Local Politics
- ↑ http://www.enews20.com/news_Secular_candidate_elected_Jerusalem_mayor_14085.html
- ↑ Izenberg, Dan (November 12, 2008). "'Obama effect' sees 'youth' ousting incumbents". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ↑ Municipality of Be'er Sheva
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