Uri Amit (Hebrew: אורי עמית; born January 6, 1934 – October 18, 2011) was an Israeli politician who served as the third mayor of Ramat Gan between 1983 and 1989.

However, after a short time the family returned to Iraq, where their house was used as a centre for the HeHalutz Zionist movement.

From which he moved to Ramat Gan in the early 1960s, he subsequently became active within Mapai youth circles within the City, and from 1963 served as secretary of the Histadrut in the Ramat Gan-Givatayim Workers' Council for more than 12 years, He was also one of the founders of the "Integration Department" (a Mapai youth group founded by university graduates) and a member of its national board.

Allegedly, the Dan Cooperative paid a sum of $5000 to a municipal local newspaper at his request to promote his personal interest as mayor of Ramat Gan, in exchange for speeding up the procedures needed to complete the transfer of the Cooperative's in Gali Gil neighborhood in Ramat Gan.

On January 27, 1993, Amit was convicted in the district court, and sentenced to nine months probation and a fine of NIS 11,000.