David Tuviyahu

David Tuviyahu
1st Mayor of Beersheba
In office 1950–1961
Succeeded by	Ze'ev Zrizi
Personal details
Born	1898 Zhovkva, Galicia
Died	1975 Beersheba, Israel
Political party	Mapai

David Tuviyahu (Hebrew: דוד טוביהו; 1898–1975) was the first mayor of the Israeli city of Beersheba.

Appointed in 1950 when Beersheba was small dusty town in the Negev, Tuviyahu oversaw the development of the city, including the connection to the electricity grid, the national road network and mass housing building for the many new immigrants, particularly those from North Africa, who were living in nearby tent cities. He also oversaw the construction of the Soroka Medical Center and helped establish the Negev University, later renamed in honor of David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister and a proponent of developing the Negev desert.

He was succeeded in 1961 by Ze'ev Zrizi. Today one of the city's main streets (heading west in the direction of Ofakim and Sderot) is named in his honour.