Yitzhak Kariv

Yitzhak Kariv (Hebrew: יצחק קריב‎; 1902 in Russia – 1999) was the mayor of West Jerusalem from 1952 to 1955,[1][2] and a banker.

Yitzhak Kariv
Mayor of Jerusalem
In office 1952–1955
Preceded by	Shlomo Zalman Shragai
Succeeded by	Gershon Agron
Personal details
Born	1902 Russia
Died	1999 Israel
Political party	Mizrachi

As a member of the Mizrachi political party, he was appointed as a compromise between the parties of the city hall, after Jerusalem’s first elected mayor, Zalman Shragai, had resigned. On April 1955, a few months before the following elections, he was fired by the Minister of Interior, who replaced him with an appointed committee (ועדה קרואה).