Gush Etzion Regional Council

The Gush Etzion Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית גוש עציון, Mo'atza Azorit Gush Etzion) is a regional council in the northern Judean Hills, the northern part of the southern area of the West Bank, administering the settlements in the Gush Etzion region, as well as others nearby. The headquarters are located adjacent to Alon Shvut.

This article is about the modern regional council. For the historical Etzion Bloc of settlement, see Gush Etzion.

Gush Etzion
גוש עציון‎
Regional council (from 1980)
RegionWest Bank
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityShlomo Ne'eman
Population
 (2014)
 • Total21,200
WebsiteOfficial website

The current mayor of the Council is Shlomo Ne'eman, elected on 14 February 2017.

In August 2021, Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon was elected Chief Rabbi of the Gush Etzion Regional Council.

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