Ron Nachman. (Personal Profile)

"Few people in Israel did what I have done here. In thirteen years I built a city. Before, there was nothing here," says Ron Nachman, the Mayor of Ariel. Nachman was the founder of Ariel, which was just a barren hilltop in Samaria before its establishment in 1978.

Background

Nachman, a fourth generation Sabra, was born in 1942 to an ardently Zionist family. His grandfather served as a leader of the town of Nes Ziona, and his father was Deputy Mayor of Nes Ziona for fifteen years. Nachman is a graduate of the Political Science and Industrial Relations