Career
He has been mayor of the Israeli city of Givatayim since 2013. Kunik was born, raised and educated in Givatayim. He began to play table tennis when he was 9 years old.
He joined the table tennis club Hapoel Ramat Gan, and played there until his retirement in 1994.
He also serves on the Board of Directors in the municipality"s economic and planning and building committee and the committee treatment of Holocaust survivors living in the city. During the Municipal elections held on 22 October 2013 Kunik was elected mayor with 50.6% of the vote.