Ran Kunik

Ran Kunik (Hebrew: רן קוניק; born July 20, 1968) is an Israeli politician, former table tennis player and former chairman of the Israel Table Tennis Association. A member of the Labor Party, he has been mayor of the Israeli city of Givatayim since 2013.

Ran Kunik
6th Mayor of Givatayim
Assumed office
2013[1]
Preceded byReuven Ben-Shahar
Personal details
Born (1968-07-20) July 20, 1968
Givatayim, Israel
Political partyLabor Party, Our Givatayim

Biography

Kunik was born, raised and educated in Givatayim. He began to play table tennis when he was 9 years old. He joined the table tennis club Hapoel Ramat Gan, and played there until his retirement in 1994.

In the 2008 municipal elections Kunik ran as the chairman of the "Our Givatayim" party, which won two seats on the city council. He also serves on the Board of Directors in the municipality's economic and planning and building committee and the committee treatment of Holocaust survivors living in the city. During the Municipal elections held on 22 October 2013 Kunik was elected mayor with 50.6% of the vote.[2]

References
  1. "Rented Electric Scooters Taking Tel Aviv by Storm". Haaretz.
  2. "ראש העיר הנבחר רן קוניק נכנס היום (ג') לתפקידו". Givatayim municipality. 2013-11-12.


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