Yaakov Turner
Yaakov Turner | |
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יעקב טרנר | |
7th Mayor of Beersheba | |
In office 1998–2008 | |
Preceded by | David Bunfeld |
Succeeded by | Ruvik Danilovich |
Personal details | |
Born | Kfar Yona, Mandatory Palestine | 27 February 1935
Died | 27 October 2024 | (aged 89)
Political party | Labor |
Spouse | Ariela Turner |
Yaakov Turner (Hebrew: יעקב טרנר, 27 February 1935 – 27 October 2024)[1] was the mayor of Beersheba. Prior to his election as mayor, he was an Israel Air Force pilot and Israel's Chief of Police.[2] Turner was the founder and head of the Israeli Air Force Museum.[3]
Biography
[edit]Yaakov Turner was born in Kfar Yona, Mandatory Palestine, to Jewish parents from Hungary and Poland. He graduated from Ben Gurion University of the Negev with a major in behavioral sciences.[4]
Military and police career
[edit]Turner enlisted in the Israeli Air Force in 1953 and retired in 1985 as a brigadier general. In the Yom Kippur War he was an F-4 Phantom II pilot, and in the Six-Day War and the War of Attrition, he was the commander of an air combat squadron.
In 1985 he founded the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim airbase near Beersheba.[5]
After his military service, he joined the Israel Police, where he became general commissioner (commander of the police) in 1990, a position he held until 1993. Turner served as president of the Israeli branch of the International Police Association.[6]
Mayor
[edit]In 1998, Turner was elected mayor of Beersheba. He was elected on a local list, but with the support of the Israeli Labor Party.[7] He was re-elected in 2003,[4] but lost the elections in 2008 to his former deputy mayor, Ruvik Danilovich.[8] Turner won 30 percent of the vote versus 60 percent for Danilovich.[8]
The Yaakov Turner Sports Complex, named for him, includes the 16,000-seat Turner Stadium, multifunctional sport hall and practice fields.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ ראש עיריית באר שבע לשעבר יעקב טרנר הלך לעולמו (in Hebrew)
- ^ Lebel, Udi (2013-09-13). Communicating Security: Civil-Military Relations in Israel. Routledge. ISBN 9781317998228.
- ^ "International Air Cadets Plant Trees at Israeli Air Force Museum". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ a b Russo, Yocheved Miriam (December 5, 2003). "Beersheva Mayor Yaakov Turner". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
- ^ "International Air Cadets at Israeli Air Force Museum". The Jerusalem Post. August 2, 2012. Archived from the original on 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "International Police Association". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ "Israel Democracy Institute: National and Local Politics". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ a b Izenberg, Dan (November 12, 2008). "'Obama effect' sees 'youth' ousting incumbents". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Municipality of Be'er Sheva". Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
- 1935 births
- 2024 deaths
- Israeli Air Force personnel
- Israeli generals
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli Labor Party politicians
- Israeli military aviators
- Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent
- Israeli police chiefs
- Mayors of Beersheba
- Yom Kippur War pilots
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev alumni
- Directors of museums in Israel