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A former Israeli Air Force fighter pilot and squadron commander who left the military as a brigadier general and went on to serve as headmaster of Tel Aviv's Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium before entering politics. He has served as Mayor of Tel Aviv continuously since 1998, one of the longest tenures of any big-city mayor in Israel's history, presiding over the city's growth into a major international tech and cultural hub.