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The opening as it read in 2005
David Tuviahu was the first mayor of Beersheva , in Israel . In 1950 he be appointed to be the mayor of Beersheva. He brought to the city water and electricity, and he also established housing and roads. He established also many schools , and he even established university . v t e1
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David Tuviahu David Tuviyahu ( ; 1898–1975) was the first mayor of the Israeli city of Beersheba .Appointed in 1950 when Beersheba was small dusty town in the Negev , Tuviyahu oversaw the development of the city, including the connection to the electricity grid, the national road network and mass housing building for the many new immigrants, particularly those from North Africa , who were living in nearby tent cities.He also oversaw the construction of the Soroka Medical Center and helped establish the Negev University , later renamed in honor of David Ben-Gurion , Israel's first Prime Minister and a proponent of developing the Negev desert.He was succeeded in 1961 by Ze'ev Zrizi .Today one of the city's main streets (heading west in the direction of Ofakim and Sderot ) is named in his honour.
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David Tuviahu David Tuviyahu ( ; 1898–1975) was the first mayor of the Israeli city of Beersheba . Appointed in 1950 when Beersheba was small dusty town in the Negev , Tuviyahu oversaw the development of the city, including the connection to the electricity grid, the national road network and mass housing building for the many new immigrants, particularly those from North Africa , who were living in nearby tent cities. He also oversaw the construction of the Soroka Medical Center and helped establish the Negev University , later renamed in honor of David Ben-Gurion , Israel's first Prime Minister and a proponent of developing the Negev desert. He was succeeded in 1961 by Ze'ev Zrizi . Today one of the city's main streets (heading west in the direction of Ofakim and Sderot ) is named in his honour.
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David Tuviyahu ( ; 1898–1975) was the first mayor of the Israeli city of Beersheba . Appointed in 1950 when Beersheba was small dusty town in the Negev , Tuviyahu oversaw the development of the city, including the connection to the electricity grid, the national road network and mass housing building for the many new immigrants, particularly those from North Africa , who were living in nearby tent cities. He also oversaw the construction of the Soroka Medical Center and helped establish the Negev University , later renamed in honor of David Ben-Gurion , Israel's first Prime Minister and a proponent of developing the Negev desert. He was succeeded in 1961 by Ze'ev Zrizi . Today one of the city's main streets (heading west in the direction of Ofakim and Sderot ) is named in his honour. v t e
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David Tuviyahu ( ; 1898–1975) was an Israeli politician and trade unionist who served as the first mayor of the city of Beersheba after the establishment of the State of Israel.
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David Tuviyahu ( Hebrew : דוד טוביהו ; 20 November 1898 – 1975) was an Israeli politician and trade unionist who served as the first mayor of the city of Beersheba after the establishment of the State of Israel.
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first mayor of beersheva
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israeli politician and trade unionist who served as the first mayor of the city of beersheba after the establis
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