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Native name	שלמה להט
Birth name	Salo Lindner
Nickname(s)	Cheech
Born	(1927-11-09)November 9, 1927 Berlin, Germany
Died	October 1, 2014(2014-10-01) (aged 86) Tel Aviv, Israel
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Haganah Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	1944-1973
Rank	Aluf
Commands held	7th Armored Brigade Heads of the Manpower Directorate, 1970–1973
Wars	Israeli Independence War Sinai War Six-Day War War of Attrition
Other work	Mayor of Tel Aviv, 1974-1993

Shlomo Lahat (9 September 1927 – 1 October 2014) was an Israeli general and politician. He served as Mayor of Tel Aviv from 1974 until 1993.

Lahat was born in Berlin, Germany. He and his family moved to Israel in 1933 during the Nazi uprising. During his final years, Lahat had Alzheimer's disease.

Lahat died from a lung infection on 1 October 2014 in Tel Aviv. He was 86.

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Shlomo Lahat (R), shows foreign visitors the impact of an Iraqi missile in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War, 1991

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