Oded Gvuli promoted to TA city engineer
Haaretz Thursday 5th April, 2012
Architect Oded Gvuli has been chosen as the new Tel Aviv municipal engineer. He has served as the deputy engineer for the past four years and will replace Hezi Berkovich. Gvuli, 58, lives in Ramat Hasharon. The city's senior appointments committee announced the decision yesterday, and Gvuli was considered the natural choice after four years as depu...
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