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Mayor Musa al-Husayni (1918–1920) became leader of the Palestinian national movement from 1922 until 1934.

Mayor Ehud Olmert (1993–2003) became Prime Minister of Israel in 2006.

This is the list of Mayors of Jerusalem in chronological order.

The City Council was established in 1863 during the rule of the Ottoman Empire in Jersualem. During the years 1948–1967 two municipalities operated in the city: the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem provided services to the western neighborhoods of the city and the Jordanian municipality of Amanat Al-Quds to its eastern parts.

Mayors of Jerusalem (1882-present)

• Abdelrahman al-Dajani (1863–1882)
• Salim al-Husayni (1882–1897)
• Yousef Al-Khalidi (1899–1907)
• Faidi al-Alami (1907–1909)
• Hussein al-Husayni (1909–1917)
• military governor (1917)
• Aref al-Dajani (1917–1918)
• Musa al-Husayni (1918–1920)
• Raghib Nashashibi (1920–1934)
• Hussein al-Khalidi (1934–1937)
• Daniel Auster (1937–1938)
• Mustafa al-Khalidi (1938–1944)
• Daniel Auster (1944–1945)
• municipal committee (1945–1948)
• military governor (1948–1949)
• Daniel Auster (1949–1950)
• Zalman Shragai (1951–1952)
• Yitzhak Kariv (1952–1955)
• Gershon Agron (1955–1959)
• Mordechai Ish-Shalom (1959–1965)
• Teddy Kollek (1965–1993)
• Ehud Olmert (1993–2003)
• Uri Lupolianski (2003–2008)
• Nir Barkat (2008–present)

Mayors of East Jerusalem (1948-1967)

• Anwar Al-Khatib (1948–1950)
• Aref al-Aref (1950–1951)
• Hanna Atallah (1951–1952)
• Omar Wa'ari (1952–1955)
• municipal committee (1955–1957)
• Ruhi al-Khatib (1957–1967)
• Amin al-Majaj (1967–1999; titular)

External links

• Mayors of Jerusalem
• Jerusalem at World Statesmen