Mayor of Jerusalem
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Political post Template:Jerusalem sidebar 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.<ref>Grenville, J. A History of the World from the 20th to the 21st Century; Routledge, 2005. pg. 456. Template:ISBN</ref> From the 1880s onward, the Jews constituted the majority within the city.<ref>Weiner, J. R. Is Jerusalem Being "Judaized"?, Jewish Political Studies Review 15:1–2 (Spring 2003), citing Schmelz, U.O. "Modern Jerusalem's Demographic Evolution," Jewish Population Studies 20 (1987):9</ref> 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).<ref name="Nikolenyi">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Since 1975 law change, mayors have been directly elected in a two round system.<ref name="Nikolenyi"/> 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.<ref name="Nikolenyi"/> The first municipal election to be held under the new law of direct elections for mayor was held in 1978.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
List of mayors (1845–present)
Ottoman Empire (1845–1920)
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | |
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| 1 | Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin PashaTemplate:Efn | 1845 | 1847 |
| 2 | Ahmad Agha Duzdar Al-AsaliTemplate:Efn | 1848 | 1863 |
| 3 | Abdelrahman al-Dajani<ref name="Büssow
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1863 | 1867 |
| 4 | Rafadulo Astiriyadis Effendi<ref name="Büssow" /> (acting) | 1867 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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| 5 | Abdelrahman al-Dajani<ref name="Büssow" /> | 1867 | 1869 |
| 6 | Mūsā Faydī al-'Alamī<ref name="Büssow" /> | 1869 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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| 7 | Abd al-Salām Paşa al Ḥusaynī<ref name="Büssow" /> | 1869 | 1870 |
| 8 | Yousef Al-Khalidi<ref name="Büssow" /> | 1870 | 1876 |
| 9 | Abd al-Qādir al-Khalīlī Abū l-Hudā / 'Umar 'Abd al-Salām Paşa al Ḥusaynī / Salīm Shākir al-Ḥusaynī.Template:Efn<ref name="Büssow" /> | 1876 | 1877 |
| 10 | Shaḥāda Faydallāh al-'Alamī<ref name="Büssow" /> | 1877 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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| 11 | Rafadulo Astiriyadis Effendi<ref name="Büssow" /> (acting) | 1877 | 1878 |
| 12 | Yousef Al-Khalidi<ref name="Büssow" /> | 1878 | 1879 |
| 13 | Mūsā Faydī al-'Alamī<ref name="Büssow" /> | 1879 | 1881 |
| 14 | Ḥusayn Salīm Paşa al Ḥusaynī<ref name="Büssow" /> | 1882 | 1897 |
| 15 | Yaseen al-Khalidi<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 1897 | 1899 |
| 16 | Yousef Al-KhalidiTemplate:Efn | 1899 | 1906 |
| 17 | Faidi al-AlamiTemplate:Efn | 1906 | 1909 |
| 18 | Hussein al-Husayni | 1909 | 1917 |
| 19 | Aref al-Dajani<ref name="haaretz.com"/> | 1917 | 1918 |
| 20 | Musa Kazim al-Husayni | 1918 | 1920 |
Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948)
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Raghib al-Nashashibi | 1920 | 1935 | National Defence Party | |
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Husayn al-Khalidi | 1935 | 1937 | Reform Party | |
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Daniel Auster | 1937 | 1938 | General Zionists | |
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Mustafa al-Khalidi | 1938 | 1944† | National Defence Party | |
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City Council committee | 1945 | 1948 | Various |
Divided Jerusalem (1948–1967)
Mayors of West Jerusalem (Israel)
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Mayors of East Jerusalem (Jordan)
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Reunited Jerusalem (1967–present)
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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.
| Titular Mayor of East Jerusalem | Took office | Left office | Party | ||
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| rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;" | - | File:Rouhi Al-Khatib 1994.jpg | Ruhi al-Khatib | 29 June 1967 | 5 July 1994† | Independent |
| rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;" | - | File:Coat of arms of the Palestinian National Authority.svg | Amin al-Majaj | 1994 | 2 January 1999† | Independent |
| rowspan="1" style="background: Template:Party color;" | - | File:Coat of arms of the Palestinian National Authority.svg | Zaki al-Ghul | 1999 | 28 April 2019† | Independent |
See also
- Mutasarrıfs of Jerusalem
- Mayoral elections in Jerusalem
- History of Jerusalem
- List of people from Jerusalem
- Timeline of Jerusalem
Notes
References
External links
- Mayors of Jerusalem
- Jerusalem at World Statesmen
- Mayors of Jerusalem at City of Jerusalem