Ron Huldai speaking at the opening of the American Corner in Jaffa.

Ron Huldai (Hebrew: רון חולדאי) is an Israeli politician and former fighter pilot. He was born in 1944 in Kibbutz Hulda to Polish Jews from Łódź. He is a graduate of Tel Aviv University in history, Auburn University at Montgomery (Alabama), the U.S. Air Force Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base (Montgomery, AL), and the Advanced Management Program at Wharton College, University of Pennsylvania. He is married, has three children and two grandchildren. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Motto: Ex navicula navis (From a boat, a ship) Coordinates: , Country Poland Voivodeship Łódź Powiat city county Gmina Łódź City Rights 1423 Government  - Mayor Jerzy Kropiwnicki Area  - City 293. ... The Engineering Faculty Boulevard The Smolarz Auditorium Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל אביב, אתא) is one of Israels major universities. ... Auburn University Montgomery is a coeducational public university located in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. It is the metropolitan campus of Auburn University. ... This article is about the private Ivy League university in Philadelphia. ...

In the course of his twenty six years of military service in the Israeli Air Force (1963-1989), he served as a combat pilot and held several key senior command positions. As Brigadier General, he was in charge of the Air Force Pilots Training School. He also served as a coordinator of the government authorities and supervisor of civilian construction projects for the IAF. The Israeli Air Force (IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל, Zroa HaAvir VeHaḤalal, Air and Space Division, commonly known as חיל האוויר Hel HaAvir) is the air force of the Israel Defense Forces. ... A Brigadier General, or one-star general, is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and some other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ...

Following his retirement from active duty in 1989, he entered the private sector. Three years later, he was given the opportunity to fulfill one of his life-long dreams by becoming Principal of the first Hebrew high school in Tel Aviv, the prestigious high school “Gymnasia Herzlia”. Within three years, Huldai had transformed the school into a “pedagogical showcase”, setting an exceptional model of educational and organizational success to the education system in Israel-at-large. Herzliya Hebrew High School (Hebrew הגימנסיה העברית הרצליה, ha-gimnasia ha-ivrit hertselia) was founded in 1905 in Jaffa and named Ha-Gimnasia Ha-Ivrit (The Hebrew High School). ...

Huldai was first elected Mayor of Tel Aviv in 1998. In October 2003, he was reelected for a second term. Huldai’s vision for the city taking it into the 21st century is to create an urban showcase for the benefit of residents and Israeli society and the accomplishments of his administration have already had a demonstrable impact. He continues to serve the city as mayor to this day. Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...