Shmuel Sisso

• He was born in the city of Sefrou, Morocco, in 1951.
• He immigrated to Israel with his family in 1956.
  He studied at the Boyar High School in Jerusalem.
• He pursued legal studies at the Hebrew University and earned a master’s degree in public administration.
• After completing his studies, he became the owner of a law firm.
• In 1983, he was elected for the first time to the Kiryat Yam City Council.
• In 1989, he was elected Mayor of Kiryat Yam and served in that position for several terms.
• In 1997, he was appointed Israeli Consul in New York.
• In 2004, he was appointed a member of the Advisory Council of the Bank of Israel.
• In 2013, he was appointed Director-General of World ORT and held the position until 2017.
• From 2017 to 2020, he served as head of the appointed council (va'adat kri'a) in Tel Mond.

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