Hanoch Milo

Hanoch Milo was born in 1940 in Mandatory Palestine

Hanoch Milo was born in 1940 in the Land of Israel to Shimon and Zelma Ulman. He grew up in Petah Tikva and attended Ahad Ha'am High School. He later earned a bachelor's degree in social sciences from Bar-Ilan University.

He joined the IDF Armored Corps in 1958 and served in the Yom Kippur War and the War of Attrition. He rose to brigadier general and held senior posts in the Manpower Directorate, including deputy head. He left the army after he was not promoted to major general.

In 1988 he became a deputy director general at Clalit Health Services. He later held a senior post at the Hasneh insurance company and was a director and interim chairman at the Israel Electric Corporation.

In 1993 he ran for mayor of Petah Tikva for the Labor Party and lost to Giora Lev, but his faction won 6 seats. He served as deputy mayor from 1993 to 1998 and as acting mayor from 1998 to 2002. From 2004 to 2014 he was the first CEO of the Mitav water corporation.

He lived in Petah Tikva, was married to Dana and had 4 children. He died on January 4, 2019, and was buried in Segula Cemetery.