Ron Nachman

Ron Nachman was born in 1942 in Tel Aviv

Ron Nachman was born in Tel Aviv in 1942. His father was deputy head of the Ness Ziona council, and his mother came from founding families of Ness Ziona. He went to school in Ness Ziona and later at a high school in Rishon LeZion, which expelled him.

He served in the Signal Corps in Eilat. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and labor studies in 1970, and a law degree from Tel Aviv University in 1980. In the 1970s he worked as a personnel manager at Israel Military Industries.

He helped form a group of military industry workers to build Ariel, and settled there in 1978 as the first head of its council. In 1983 he became deputy director general of the Israel Broadcasting Authority. He won the Ariel council election in 1985 and led the town until his death.

In 1992 he was elected to the Knesset for Likud and sat on the finance and constitution committees. He founded the Ariel Development Fund in 1986 and worked to make the local college a university, which happened in 2012.

He was married to Dorit and had 4 daughters. He died of cancer on 18 January 2013 and was buried near Ariel. He was awarded the Israel Prize after his death.