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Shlomo Lahiani

Shlomo Lahiani is an Israeli businessman and politician who served as mayor of Bat Yam from 2003 to 2014.

born 1965Mayor of Bat YamBreach of trust convictionFounding Bat Yam BeRosh Muram

Born: 22 May 1965, Israel
Occupation: politician, mayor
Party: Kadima

Shlomo Lahiani was born in 1965 in Israel

Shlomo Lahiani was born in Israel on May 22, 1965. His family came from Benghazi, Libya. He served in the IDF Combat Engineering Corps, including in Lebanon.

In 1997 he founded the local movement Bat Yam BeRosh Muram, which won 5 seats on the city council in 1998. He led the opposition on the council until 2003, when he was elected mayor. He was reelected in 2008 and joined Kadima in 2011. He also owned the construction company Alshav and founded the welfare nonprofit Ohavim in 2000.

He was arrested in December 2009 on suspicion of corruption and indicted in 2013. In a 2014 plea bargain he pleaded guilty to 3 counts of breach of trust, and the bribery charges were dropped. After a prosecution appeal, a court sentenced him in April 2015 to 8 months in prison, and he was released in May 2016.

After prison he left politics and focused on business. He ran again for mayor in February 2024 and was not elected. In March 2025 he was lightly injured when his car exploded.