List of mayors of Jerusalem
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The Jerusalem City Council was established in 1863 during the rule of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
. From 1948 to 1967 two municipalities operated in the city: the Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i municipality of Jerusalem provided services to the western neighborhoods of the city and the Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
ian municipality of Al-Quds
East Jerusalem
East Jerusalem or Eastern Jerusalem refer to the parts of Jerusalem captured and annexed by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and then captured and annexed by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War...
to its eastern parts.
By 1840, the Jewish community constituted the largest single religious group in the city. From the 1880s onward, the Jews constituted the majority within the city. However, it was only in 1937, under the British Mandate, that the first Jewish mayor was appointed.
Mayors of Jerusalem
- Musa al-AlamiMusa al-Alami (mayor of Jerusalem)Musa al-Alami was mayor of Jerusalem in the 19th century.His son, Faidi al-Alami, was also mayor of the city and his grandson, another Musa al-Alami, was assistant attorney-general of Palestine under the British mandate.-References:...
(Years unknown) - Ahmad Agha Duzdar Al-Asali (1848–1863)
- Abdelrahman al-Dajani (1863–1882)
- Salim al-HusayniSalim al-HusayniSalim Effendi al-Husayni was Mayor of Jerusalem from 1882 to 1897. Hussein al-Husayni and Mousa Kazim al-Husayni, later mayors of the city, were his sons. He was a member of the Jerusalem Council and belongs to the prominent al-Husayni clan of Jerusalem. He built a palace in the city, which...
(1882–1897) - ??? (1897–1899)
- Yousef Al-KhalidiYousef al-KhalidiYusuf Dia Pasha al-Khalidi was a prominent Palestinian who played a major political role in the Ottoman Empire dominance period. He was born in 1829 in Jerusalem....
(1899–1907) - Faidi al-AlamiFaidi al-AlamiFaidi al-Alami was Mayor of Jerusalem from 1906 to 1909. In 1914, he was chosen to represent the city in the Ottoman parliament. His father, Musa al-Alami, was also a mayor of the city...
(1907–1909) - Hussein al-HusayniHussein al-HusayniHussein Bey al-Husayni was mayor of Jerusalem from 1909 to 1917 during Ottoman rule of Palestine.Born into the prominent Jerusalemite Arab family of al-Husayni, his father Salim al-Husayni, had also served as mayor of the city....
(1909–1917) - Aref al-DajaniAref al-DajaniAref Basha al-Dajani was an Arab Palestinian politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem during World War I.Aref al-Dajani was born in Jerusalem in 1856. During World War I, he served as mayor of Jerusalem...
(1917–1918) - Musa al-HusayniMusa al-HusayniMusa Kazim al-Husayni was nominated to several senior posts in the Ottoman administration. He belongs to the prominent al-Husayni family of northeastern Jerusalem...
(1918–1920) - Raghib Nashashibi (1920–1934)
- Hussein al-Khalidi (1934–1937)
- Daniel AusterDaniel Austerright|thumb|Daniel AusterDaniel Auster was Mayor of Jerusalem in the final years of the British Mandate of Palestine, the first Jewish mayor of the city, and the first mayor of Jerusalem after Israeli independence.-Biography:...
(1937–1938) - Mustafa al-Khalidi (1938–1944)
- Daniel AusterDaniel Austerright|thumb|Daniel AusterDaniel Auster was Mayor of Jerusalem in the final years of the British Mandate of Palestine, the first Jewish mayor of the city, and the first mayor of Jerusalem after Israeli independence.-Biography:...
(1944–1945) - municipal committee (1945–1948)
Mayors of West Jerusalem
- military governor, Dov YosefDov YosefDov Yosef was an Israeli politician and statesman. Yosef served in a variety of ministerial positions during the first two Knessets and was the country's second Minister of Justice, serving twice .-Background:...
(1948–1949) - Daniel AusterDaniel Austerright|thumb|Daniel AusterDaniel Auster was Mayor of Jerusalem in the final years of the British Mandate of Palestine, the first Jewish mayor of the city, and the first mayor of Jerusalem after Israeli independence.-Biography:...
(1949–1950) - Zalman ShragaiZalman ShragaiShlomo Zalman Shragai was an Israeli politician and Jerusalem's first elected mayor.Shragai was born into an Polish Orthodox Jewish family in Gorzkowice in 1899. He then became active in the religious Zionist movement and settled in Palestine in 1924, already playing an important political role...
(1951–1952) - Yitzhak KarivYitzhak KarivYitzhak Kariv was the mayor of the Israeli part of Jerusalem from 1952 to 1955, and a banker.As a member of the Mizrachi political party, he was appointed as a compromise between the parties of the city hall, after Jerusalem’s first elected mayor, Zalman Shragai, had resigned...
(1952–1955) - Gershon AgronGershon AgronGershon Agron was an Israeli newspaper editor and mayor of Jerusalem in 1955-1959.-Biography:Gershon Agron was born in the Ukraine and emigrated with his family to the United States at the age of five. He grew up in Philadelphia. During World War I, he fought with the Jewish Legion in Palestine...
(1955–1959) - Mordechai Ish-ShalomMordechai Ish-ShalomMordechai Ish-Shalom , , was an Israeli politician and labor leader. He was mayor of Jerusalem from 1959 to 1965.-Biography:Ish-Shalom was born in Lithuania and came to British Palestine in 1923. His labor career began in the Stonecutters' Union in 1935; he then rose through the ranks of the...
(1959–1965) - Teddy KollekTeddy KollekTheodor "Teddy" Kollek was mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1989...
(1965–1967)
Mayors of East Jerusalem
- Anwar Al-Khatib (1948–1950)
- Aref al-ArefAref al-ArefAref al-Aref was a Palestinian journalist, historian and politician who served as mayor of East Jerusalem in the 1950s.-Biography:...
(1950–1951) - Hanna Atallah (1951–1952)
- Omar Wa'ari (1952–1955)
- municipal committee (1955–1957)
- Ruhi al-KhatibRuhi al-KhatibRuhi al-Khatib was the mayor of Al-Quds from 1957 to 1994.His term of service officially came to an end on 29 June 1967, after Israel annexed East Jerusalem and dissolved the city council of East Jerusalem...
(1957–1967)
Titular Mayors of East Jerusalem
- Ruhi al-KhatibRuhi al-KhatibRuhi al-Khatib was the mayor of Al-Quds from 1957 to 1994.His term of service officially came to an end on 29 June 1967, after Israel annexed East Jerusalem and dissolved the city council of East Jerusalem...
(1967–1994) - Amin al-MajajAmin al-MajajDr Amin Saleh Majaj was a titular mayor of Jerusalem, formerly the neighborhoods of East Jerusalem which were occupied and annexed by Jordan during the years 1949-1967, and later occupied and annexed by Israel in the six-day war....
(1994–1998) - Zaki Al-Ghul (1999-date)
Mayors of Israeli Jerusalem
- Teddy KollekTeddy KollekTheodor "Teddy" Kollek was mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1989...
(1967–1993) - Ehud OlmertEhud OlmertEhud Olmert is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009, as a Cabinet Minister from 1988 to 1992 and from 2003 to 2006, and as Mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003....
(1993–2003) - Uri LupolianskiUri LupolianskiUri Lupolianski was mayor of Jerusalem from 2003 to 2008 and founder of Yad Sarah.-Biography:Born in Haifa, Israel in 1951, Lupolianski studied at the Yavne School in Haifa and then attended Yeshivat Hanegev. He served in the Israel Defense Forces as a paramedic and worked as a teacher at a...
(2003–2008) - Nir Barkat (2008–present)
External links
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