Yitzhak Rager
Mayor of Beersheba, Israel
Yitzhak "Ijo" Rager (Hebrew: יצחק "איז'ו" רגר; 1932–1997) was an Israeli journalist, diplomat, and a Likud mayor of Beersheba.
Rager was born in Cairo, though immediately after his birth, his family moved to Mandate Palestine and settled in Jerusalem. In his IDF service he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and took part in the Six-Day War.
Rager had two children: Eviatar Rager (born 1959) and Avishag Rager (born 1970), both of whom reside in Israel.
After his discharge he worked in the mass media; among his posts were as European correspondent for Kol Israel, the Israeli national radio service, editor of the periodical HaYom and director-general of the Israel Broadcasting Authority. During that period, he was affiliated with the General Zionists, a centrist political party, and particularly aligned with Yitzhak Rokeach. On behalf of Israel's Foreign Service, Rager was posted to New York as a consul, where he focused on the international efforts to open the gates of emigration from the USSR for Soviet Jewry. Afterwards he was made world president of the State of Israel Bonds.
As a business entrepreneur, Rager was among the founders of Kanyon HaNegev (lit. Negev Mall), the Negev's largest commercial center and one of the group established by Canadian developer David Azrieli.
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