Eliyahu "Eli" Dallal (; born 24 February 1955) is an Israeli politician from the

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party who was elected to the twenty-fifth

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for

in the

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. He previously served as deputy mayor of

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Biography

Eli Dallal was born to Reuven, an immigrant from

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. He is a

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by education and has a master's degree in management and

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from Tel Aviv University. In 1981-1982 he headed the university's student union, and during this period he began his activities in the Likud party. He was the CEO of the Municipality of Netanya and the Netanya Development Company. In preparation for the local government elections in 2008, he teamed up with Miriam Fierberg - mayor of the city on behalf of the Likud since 1998, to establish a new party called "Netanya One", which at the time recorded an achievement of a third of the seats in the council (9 out of 27) In the following election campaigns as well, the party ran in a similar format and won similar achievements. Until his election to the

in 2022, Dallal was Fierberg's deputy and fill-in, in charge of transportation, emergency preparedness, industrial zones and business development and head of committees for road safety, preservation of sites, finances and commemoration of the victims of terrorism. In addition, he is a member of the executive board of the Netanya Academic College and its board of trustees and the Friends of Meir Medical Center association. In the preliminary elections for the elections to the twenty-fifth Knesset, he ran for the Likud list on behalf of the Mishor Ha'am district, defeated the Likud Comptroller Shai Galili and placed 29th, and was elected to the Knesset. In the 25th Knesset, Dalal serves as the chairman of the committee for the rights of the child and a member of the finance committee and the committee for the advancement of women's status and gender equality.

Personal life

Dallal is married to

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Esther Dallal and has three children, two of whom are

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and one is an

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. He lives in Netanya. Bicycling and cooking enthusiast, and even appeared in the eighth season of

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(2019).

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