Shimon Lankri

Shimon Lankri (Hebrew: שמעון לנקרי) (born 16 November 1961) is the former mayor of Acre, Israel (Akko).

[1][2][3] In 2015, Lankri visited Azerbaijan with the head of Acre's Azerbaijani Mountain Jews community.

[5][6] In 2017, Lankri and national government leaders announced plans to expand housing for a projected doubling of the city's size.

[8] Lankri is a member of Pnima, a group working to alleviate divisions among Jews in Israel.

[11] Arab residents have expressed concerns about getting their fair share of services and schools, and have become increasingly concerned over very religious and nationalist settler Jews having moved to the city, but Lankri has said all residents are treated equally and supported development projects.