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Ze'ev Zrizi

Ze'ev Zrizi was an Israeli politician who served as the second mayor of Beersheba, from 1961 to 1963.

1916 to 2011Second mayor of BeershebaDeputy mayor of BeershebaFounding Kibbutz Gal On

Died: 3 August 2011, Beersheba
Occupation: politician
Party: United Workers Party

Ze'ev Zrizi was born in 1916 in Wyszków

Zrizi was born in 1916 in Wyszków, Poland. In 1938 he immigrated to the Land of Israel with a group from the Hashomer Hatzair movement. In 1946 he and his group founded Kibbutz Gal On.

He moved to Beersheba in 1949 and joined the city council, representing Mapam. He was first on a council appointed by the interior minister and was elected to the council in 1951.

At the end of 1961 the council chose him as mayor, replacing David Tuviyahu, after a Liberal Party member left the Mapai coalition. His term was marked by a constant political crisis, and he stepped down in early 1963. Eliyahu Nawi later took the post, and Zrizi served as deputy mayor from 1963 to 1978.

He received a municipal service award from the Union of Local Authorities in 1972 and was named Yakir Beersheba in 1988. He died in Beersheba in 2011 and was buried in the city's new cemetery.