Mordechai Namir

Mordechai Namir (Hebrew: מרדכי נמיר, born Mordechai Nemirovsky; 23 February 1897 – 22 February 1975) was an Israeli politician, who served as the mayor of Tel Aviv (1959–1969), a Knesset member and government minister, as well as being one of the heads of the Labour Zionist movement.

[1] In 1924 he was arrested by the Soviet authorities for his work for Zionism, and upon his release made aliyah.

Namir became the secretary of the Ahdut HaAvoda party in 1926, a position he held until 1930.

During this time he was also the CEO of the government-owned construction company Amidar (1959-59) and Minister of Labour from 1956 until 1959.

Part of a major expressway in Tel Aviv, (Highway 2, is called Derekh Namir) and the city has a square bearing his name.

Tomb of Namir and fellow mayor of Tel Aviv Yehoshua Rabinovitz in the Trumpeldor cemetery.