Ze'ev Boim

Ze'ev Boim was born in 1943 in Jerusalem

Boim was born in Jerusalem in 1943 to Hana and Yosef Boim. He was named after Ze'ev Jabotinsky and David Raziel. His family was among the first settlers of Nahalat Jabotinsky, and he grew up there as a childhood friend of Ehud Olmert.

He served in the Nahal and was a company commander in the Armored Corps. He studied history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and received a teaching certificate in 1970.

In 1967 he moved to Kiryat Gat to teach and later became principal of the city's comprehensive high school. From 1980 to 1982 he ran a Jewish school in Mexico. He entered local politics in 1983, became deputy mayor, and was appointed mayor in 1986.

He was elected to the Knesset for Likud in 1996 and later chaired the coalition. He was Deputy Minister of Defense from 2003 and joined Kadima in 2005. He then served as Minister of Housing and Construction, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Immigrant Absorption.

Boim was married with four children. His son Amir died during his military service in 1992. Boim died of cancer in 2011 at a hospital in Milwaukee.