(1949-11-26) 26 November 1949 (age 75) Tel Aviv, Israel
Roni Milo (Hebrew: רוני מילוא, born 26 November 1949) is an Israeli politician, lawyer and journalist, and a former Knesset member who held several ministerial positions. He was also mayor of Tel Aviv from 1993 to 1998.
Political career
Born Ron Milikovsky in Tel Aviv in 1949, Milo started his political activity during his student days, when he was Chairman of the Israeli Student Union. After graduating from Tel Aviv University with a law degree, he moved into politics with the Herut faction of Likud, and was Chairman of the party's Information Department. Elected to the ninth Knesset in 1977 as a Likud MK, Milo was the country's first ever Minister of the Environment in Yitzhak Shamir's government in 1988, before becoming Minister of Labor and Social Welfare in 1990, though he switched to Minister of Police in a cabinet reshuffle later in the year. He also became Chairman of the World Likud Organisation, and was editor of the Yoman HaShavua (lit. Diary of the Week) weekly publication.
In 1993, Milo was elected to succeed Shlomo Lahat as Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo, and resigned from the Knesset on 30 December 1993 to concentrate on his mayoral duties. Milo served as mayor until 1998, when he announced he would not seek reelection, and was succeeded by Ron Huldai.
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