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Maxim Levy

Maxim Levy was an Israeli politician who served as mayor of Lod from 1983 to 1996 and as a member of the Knesset from 1996 to 2002.

1950 to 2002Serving as mayor of LodKnesset member for GesherDeputy Speaker of the Knesset

Born: 11 February 1950, Rabat
Died: 11 October 2002, Israel
Occupation: politician
Party: Bridge

Maxim Levy was born in 1950 in Rabat

Maxim Levy was born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1950. He was the brother of David Levy. He moved to Israel with his family in 1957 and grew up in Lod.

He did his military service in the Border Police. After his release he worked as an aircraft technician at the Israel Aerospace Industries and became head of its workers' committee. He joined the central bureau of Herut in 1973.

He became deputy mayor of Lod and was elected mayor in 1983 for the Likud, serving until 1996. His work focused on education and culture. In 1989 he was also elected chairman of the Union of Local Authorities in Israel.

In 1996 he joined Gesher, the party his brother founded, and entered the Knesset. He chaired the Labor and Welfare Committee and later served as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. In 2001 he helped re-establish Gesher as an independent faction.

In 2002 he was elected mayor of Lod again and resigned from the Knesset. He died of a heart attack in October 2002 and was buried in Lod. A high school and the city's culture hall in Lod are named after him.