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Mayor of Jerusalem


Mayor of Jerusalem


The Mayor of the City of Jerusalem is head of the executive branch of the political system in Jerusalem. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Jerusalem. The term of office is five years.

The mayor's office is located in Safra Square; it has jurisdiction over all the city's neighborhoods. The mayor appoints many officials, including deputy mayors and city departments directors.

History

The Jerusalem City Council was established in 1863 during the rule of the Ottoman Empire. From 1948 to 1967 two municipalities operated in the city: an Israeli municipality provided services to the western neighborhoods of the city and a Jordanian municipality 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. Since 1948 every mayor has been Jewish.

Prior to a 1975 national law change, mayors were chosen by the city council (which was elected in a closed list proportional representation system).

Since 1975 law change, mayors have been directly elected in a two round system. Under this system, if no candidate receives at least 40% of the vote in the first round, a runoff election is held between the top-two finishers. The first municipal election to be held under the new law of direct elections for mayor was held in 1978.

List of mayors (1845–present)

Ottoman Empire (1845–1920)

  1. 1845–1847 – Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha, whose first wife, Melek Hanım wrote a book about life in Jerusalem
  2. 1848–1863 – Ahmad Agha Duzdar Al-Asali (official title: Governor of Jerusalem)
  3. 1863–1867 – Abdelrahman al-Dajani
  4. 1867 – Rafadulo Astiriyadis Effendi (acting)
  5. 1867–1869 – Abdelrahman al-Dajani
  6. 1869 – Mūsā Faydī al-'Alamī
  7. 1869–1870 – Abd al-Salām Paşa al Ḥusaynī
  8. 1870–1876 – Yousef Al-Khalidi
  9. Triumvirate 1876–1877 – Abd al-Qādir al-Khalīlī Abū l-Hudā/'Umar 'Abd al-Salām Paşa al Ḥusaynī/Salīm Shākir al-Ḥusaynī.
  10. 1877 – Shaḥāda Faydallāh al-'Alamī
  11. 1877–1878 – Rafadulo Astiriyadis Effendi (acting)
  12. 1878–1879 – Yousef Al-Khalidi
  13. 1879–1881 – Mūsā Faydī al-'Alamī
  14. 1882–1897 – Ḥusayn Salīm Paşa al Ḥusaynī
  15. 1897–1899 – Yaseen al-Khalidi
  16. 1899–1906 – Yousef Al-Khalidi
  17. 1906–1909 – Faidi al-Alami
  18. 1909–1917 – Hussein al-Husayni
  19. 1917–1918 – Aref al-Dajani
  20. 1918–1920 – Musa Kazim al-Husayni

Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948)

Divided Jerusalem (1948–1967)

Reunited Jerusalem (1967–present)

Titular Mayors of East Jerusalem (1967–present)

The office of Mayor of East Jerusalem was dissolved in 1967 after the Six-Day War and it has been titular since then.

See also

  • Mayoral elections in Jerusalem
  • History of Jerusalem
  • List of people from Jerusalem
  • Timeline of Jerusalem

References

External links

  • Mayors of Jerusalem
  • Jerusalem at World Statesmen
  • Mayors of Jerusalem at City of Jerusalem
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