19/10/2021

THE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION APPROVES MINISTER SHASHA BITON’S CANDIDATE, PROF. YOSSI MEKORI, FOR BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON

The Council of Higher Education plenum approved the appointment of Professor Yossi Mekori for the role of its Planning & Budget Committee Chairperson . Prof. Mekori, President of the Tel Hai Academic College, is the candidate proposed by Minister of Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha Biton . Prof. Mekori replaced Prof. Yaffa Zilbershatz

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The Council of Higher Education approval: Prof. Yossi Mekori will be appointed as its Planning & Budget Committee Chairperson. In 2015 Prof. Mekori took on the role of President of the Tel Hai Academic College. He is also Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine. He previously served as that faculty’s Deacon.

Prof. Mekori’s significant academic achievements include the development and registration of patents, and numerous academic publications in leading journals.

Minister of Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha Biton: “Prof. Yossi Mekori has in-depth experience in extensive academic research in Israel and abroad, together with impressive academic management capabilities. The Professor’s up-close practical familiarity with universities and colleges is the optimal combination as far as management of institutions of higher education and understanding the system’s diverse needs. My congratulations on Professor Mekori’s unanimous appointment, a mark of trust that will assist when facing the Council’s challenges. My thanks to outgoing Chairperson, Professor Yaffa Zilberrshatz, for her contribution and dedication thus far to Israel’s institutions of higher education.”