Aryeh Gur'el (Hebrew: אריה גוראל, born 20 November 1918, died 28 October 2007)[1] was mayor of Haifa from 1978 to 1993.
Gur'el was born in Warsaw, Poland, to parents Moshe and Tzila, and made aliyah in 1935.
In 1978, Gur'el was elected mayor of Haifa, and was instrumental in establishing the cable car, as well as the promenade in the Bat Galim neighborhood.
Also during his time in office, air purification stations were established, and the pedestrian mall on Nordau Street and the Louis Promenade in Merkaz HaCarmel were also built.
Gur'el published a number of articles on the topic of the absorption of electromagnetic rays from above the horizon.