Roni Ikar

Roni Ikar was born in 1947 in Wrocław

Ikar was born in 1947 in Wrocław, Poland, as Romian Kolenko. His mother Anna lost her family in the Holocaust, and his father Ludwig died in a train accident in 1956. That year he moved to Israel with his mother, and in 1958 she married Avraham Ikar, who adopted him.

The family lived in Moshav Avihayil, and he attended Ruppin regional high school in Emek Hefer. He gave up a pilot course to volunteer for naval officer training. He later earned a bachelor's degree in history at Tel Aviv University and studied at the US Naval War College in Newport.

He joined the navy in 1966 and held command, training and staff posts until 1997. He commanded missile boats, the missile boat flotilla and naval intelligence.

After retiring he ran the education and welfare division of Herzliya municipality and advised SodaStream. He became director general of Netanya municipality in 2001 and founded the Mei Netanya water company in 2004. From 2005 to 2017 he headed Ahuzot HaHof in Tel Aviv.

In 2004 he married Netanya mayor Miriam Feirberg-Ikar and resigned from posts tied to the city. He was widowed in 2025. He has a daughter and two sons.