Claim: Ilan Shohat (born 21 September 1974), was Israel's youngest politician to hold public office in 2008.
Evidence: In 2010, he was the youngest mayor in Israel. Ilan Shohat (Hebrew: אילן שוחט‎; born 21 September 1974) is an Israeli politician, and the mayor of Safed in the Israeli Galilee since 2008.