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Below is the list of people who have served as Chairs of the “Door Knock”® door-to-door fundraising campaign on behalf of the Israel Cancer Association. Next to their names, we have noted the positions held at the time of appointment:

  • 1962 – Lt. General (Res.) Mr. Haim Laskow (dec.), Managing Director, Port Authority

  • 1963 – Attorney Gideon Hausner (dec.), Attorney General

  • 1964 – Mr. David Ben-Gurion (dec.), Israel’s first Prime Minister and Member of Knesset

  • 1965 – Mr. Kadish Luz (dec.), Knesset Speaker

  • 1966 – Mr. Yisrael Barzilai (dec.), Minister of Health

  • 1967 – Mr. Yigal Alon (dec.), Minister of Labor

  • 1968 – Mr. Teddy Kolleck (dec.), Mayor of Jerusalem

  • 1969 – Mr. David Horowitz (dec.), Governor of the Bank of Israel

  • 1970 – Prof. Albert Sabin (dec.), President, Weizmann Institute of Science

  • 1971 – Mr. Victor Shem Tov (dec.), Minister of Health

  • 1972 – Mr. Yosef Almogi (dec.), Minister of Labor

  • 1973 – Mr. Shimon Peres (dec.), Minister of Defense and former President of the State of Israel

  • 1974 – Mr. Asher Yadlin, Chairman, Clalit Health Care Services

  • 1975 – Dr. Yosef Burg (dec.), Minister of the Interior

  • 1976 – Mr. Mark Moshewitz (dec.), President, Manufacturers Association

  • 1977 – Mr. Gideon Patt, Minister of Housing and Construction

  • 1978 – Mr. Yisrael Pollack (dec.), Industrialist, Textile Conglomerate Owner1

  • 1979 – Mr. Benno Gitter (dec.), Economist and Businessman

  • 1980 – Mr. Moshe Schnitzer (dec.), President, Israel Diamond Exchange

  • 1981 – Mr. David Hachmey (dec.) Chairman, Insurance Companies Association

  • 1982 – Mr. Yekutiel Federman (dec.), Hotelier and Businessman

  • 1983 – Mr. Aharon Meir (dec.), Managing Director, Bank Hamizrahi Hameuhad

  • 1984 – Mr. Avraham Agmon (dec.), Managing Director, Delek Co.

  • 1985 – Mr. Mordechai Gur (dec.), Minister of Health

  • 1986 – Mr. Shlomo Lahat (dec.), Mayor of Tel Aviv

  • 1987 – Mr. Yisrael Kessar, Secretary General, Histadrut Labor Federation

  • 1988 -  Mr. Dani Gillerman, President, Chamber of Commerce Association

  • 1989 – Mr. Leon Recanati, Company Executive, I.D.B.

  • 1990 -  Mr. Ehud Olmert, Minister of Health

  • 1991 – Mr. Simcha Dinitz (dec.), Chairman, Jewish Agency

  • 1992 – Mr. Eli Horowitz, (dec.) Managing Director, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

  • 1993 – Mr. Benny Gaon (dec.), Managing Director, Koor Industries Ltd.

  • 1994 – Mr. Emanuel Gil, President, Elbit

  • 1995 – Mr. David Wainshal, Managing Director, Migdal Insurance Ltd.

  • 1996 – Mr. Yair Hamburger, Managing Director, Shiloah-Harel Insurance Ltd.

  • 1997 – Mr. Yaakov Peri, President and CEO, Cellcom

  • 1998 – Ms. Galia Maor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bank Leumi

  • 1999 - Mr. Shlomo Nehama, Chief Executive Officer, Arison Investments, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bank Hapoalim

  • 2000 – Mr. Kobi Alexander, Chairman of the Board of Directors and International President, Comverse Technology

  • 2001 – Mr. Lev Leviev, Chairman of the Board, Africa Israel Investments

  • 2002 – Mr. Yossi Maiman, President and CEO of the Merhav Group, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Channel 10

  • 2003 – Mr. Shraga Biran, Attorney and Businessman

  • 2004 – Mr. Muzi Wertheim (dec.), Chairman, Coca Cola Israel

  • 2005  Mr. Israel Makov, CEO Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

  • 2006 – Mr. Avigdor Kaplan, CEO, Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd.

  • 2007 – Mr. Benny Steinmetz, Businessman

  • 2008-  Mr. Haim Katzman, Chairman of income-yielding real estate company Gazit Globe

  • 2009 – Mr. David Franklin, Chairman and CEO of Sugat Industries Ltd.

  • 2010 – Mr. Efi Rosenhaus, President and CEO of Shufersal Ltd.

  • 2011-   Mr. Hubert Leven, President of the Rashi Foundation and Vice President of Alliance Israëlite Universelle (Kol Yisrael Haverim)

  • 2012 – Mr. David Weissman, Chairman and President of the Alon Group

  • 2013 - Mr. Zvi Neta, Chairman of the Automotive Equipment Group

  • 2014 – Mrs. Yehudit Yovel Recanati, Founder and Chairperson of the Gandir Investments Group, Founder and Chairperson of NATAL - Israel Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War - entrepreneur and social activist

  • 2015 – Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Prize Laureate and Honorary President of the ICA

  • 2016 – Prof. Eliezer Robinson, ICA Chairman, Past President of the Union for International Cancer Control UICC

  • 2017 – Ms. Liora Ofer – Chairperson of the Board, Melisron Ltd.

  • 2018  Sir Ronald Cohen, Founder and Chairman of the Portland Trust

  • 2019  Prof. Abraham Kuten (dec.), Former ICA Chairman, Oncologist, Radiotherapist

  • 2020  Prof. Alexander Levitzki, ICA Board Member, Research Scientist and Israel Prize Laureate

  • 2021  Prof. Yosef Yarden, Scientist, Israel Prize Laureate, Former Head of the ICA Research Committee

  • 2022 Prof. Abraham Kuten (dec.), Former ICA Chairman, Oncologist, Radiotherapist

  • 2023 Prof. Moshe Mittelman, ICA Chairman, Internist, Hematologist