Moshe Flimann

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Moshe Flimann (Hebrew: משה פלימן‎; 1905-1973) served as the mayor of Haifa from 1969 to 1973.

Flimann was born in 1905 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (then Stanyslaviv, Russia). He was a member of a Zionist youth movement, and joined the "Pioneer" movement. He was imprisoned by the Russian authorities because of his Zionist activities, but was released a short time after his arrest.

After completing high school, he went to Moscow in order to study electrical engineering, and there he continued his Zionist activities. In 1929 he was imprisoned because of his continued participation in Zionist organizations, and was sent to Siberia in order to serve his three-year sentence. However, in 1930, his sentence was shortened; he was banished from the U.S.S.R. and then made Aliyah.

After making Aliyah, he worked in the "Stein" factory in Yafo, and subsequently as an electrician, until he found work as a teacher of physics and math in Tel Aviv. He only taught for a short time, however, as he soon began working as an electrician in a quarry in Atlit. In 1932, he was accepted to work for the Israel Electric Corporation. By 1957, he had been promoted to the manager of the national grid, and was elected to the board of the company as a representative of the workers.

Flimann lived in Kiryat Chaim, and was a member of the city council there. After Kiryat Chaim was absorbed into the City of Haifa, he became a member of the Haifa city council, and in 1959 he was elected to the office of vice-mayor, and in 1959 to permanent substitute for the mayor. Flimann served as mayor after the death of his predecessor Abba Hushi, from 1969 until 1973.

During his tenure in the mayor’s office, the Israeli National Maritime Museum in Haifa was established. Also during his time in office, the Dan and Nof hotels in Mercaz Ha-Carmel were established. Likewise, the building of the Haifa nursing hospital began during his tenure, and upon its completion, which was after his death, it was named after him.

City School Number Five in Haifa is also named after Flimann.

[edit] See also

Sarah and Meir Aharoni, The people and the events of Haifa and the surrounding area 1993

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