Politicsצבי אלדרוטי

Zvi Alderoti

Zvi Alderoti was an Israeli politician and manager who headed the Migdal HaEmek local council and briefly served as a Knesset member for the Alignment in 1977.

1934 to 2018Heading Migdal HaEmek local councilLeading AmidarDirector general, Prime Minister's Office

Born: 9 May 1934, Tel Aviv
Died: 13 April 2018, Israel
Occupation: politician, manager, chief executive officer, businessperson
Party: Alignment
Education: University of Haifa

Zvi Alderoti was born in 1934 in Tel Aviv

Alderoti was born in Tel Aviv in 1934. He attended the Ayanot agricultural boarding school and finished high school there in 1952. He later earned a BA in political science and public administration from the University of Haifa.

He served for a time in the career army. After marrying in 1958, he moved with his wife to Migdal HaEmek and worked as an assistant to the council treasurer. In 1959 he led the Mapai list in the council election and became head of the council, a post he held until 1977.

He joined the Mapai central committee in 1965 and founded the Northern Branch of the Labor Party in 1971. He headed Amidar between 1971 and 1975. He entered the Knesset in May 1977 in place of Aharon Yariv but did not keep his seat after the elections that year.

He later directed the Development and Independence Loan project in Argentina and headed Housing for the Immigrant. He chaired Shekem from 1990 to 1994 and was director general of the Prime Minister's Office from 1995 to 1996. He died on April 13, 2018, and was buried in Nordia.