Politicsיצחק זיו

Yitzhak Ziv

Yitzhak Ziv is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Gil pensioners' party from 2006 to 2009.

born 1937Knesset member for GilDeputy Speaker of the KnessetLeading Bezeq pensioners' organization

Born: 11 November 1937, Tel Aviv
Occupation: politician
Party: Gimlaim

Yitzhak Ziv was born in 1937 in Tel Aviv

Yitzhak Ziv was born in Tel Aviv on 11 November 1937, during the British Mandate period.

He worked for the Postal Authority, where he chaired the workers' committee. He later managed a branch in the training department of Bezeq and headed the electricity department at the Ministry of Communications. After retiring, he chaired the Bezeq pensioners' organization in the Northern District and then became acting chairman of its national organization.

In the 2006 elections he was fourth on the Gil list and entered the Knesset when the party won 7 seats. He served as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and sat on the Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Committee and the Economics Committee. He lost his seat in 2009, when the party did not pass the electoral threshold.

Ziv lives in Ramat Gan. He is a widower and has 3 children.