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Mayor of the City of Jerusalem
Emblem of Jerusalem.svg
Seal of the City of Jerusalem
Moshe lion mayor of jerusalem.jpg
Incumbent
Moshe Lion

since 4 December 2018
Residence 1 Safra Square, Jerusalem
Term length 5 years
Formation 1867
Website Office of the Mayor

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)

Mayor Term start Term end Party
20 Raghib al-Nashashibi22.jpg Raghib al-Nashashibi 1920 1934 National Defence Party
21 Hussein Khalidi portrait.png Husayn al-Khalidi 1934 1937 Reform Party
22 DanielAuster22.jpg Daniel Auster 1937 1938 General Zionists
23 Mustafa al-Khalidi (cropped 3x4).tif Mustafa al-Khalidi 1938 1944† National Defence Party
(22) DanielAuster22.jpg Daniel Auster 1944 1945 General Zionists
- Public Seal of High Commissioner of Palestine.svg City Council committee 1945 1948 Various

Divided Jerusalem (1948–1967)

Mayors of West Jerusalem (Israel)


Mayor of Jerusalem Took office Left office Party Coalition
1 DanielAuster22.jpg Daniel Auster 1948 1950 General Zionists General Zionists
2 Shlomo Zalman Shragai (cropped).jpg Zalman Shragai 1950 1952 Hapoel HaMizrachi United Religious Front
3 Yitzhak Kariv.jpg Yitzhak Kariv 1952 1955 Mizrachi United Religious Front
4 Gershon Agron 1949.jpg Gershon Agron 1955 1959 Mapai Mapai – Ahdut HaAvoda
5 Mordechai Ish-Shalom.jpg Mordechai Ish-Shalom 1959 1965 Mapai Mapai – Ahdut HaAvoda
6 Teddy Kollek (cropped).jpg Teddy Kollek 1965 1967 Rafi Alignment

Mayors of East Jerusalem (Jordan)


Mayor of East Jerusalem Took office Left office Party
1 أنور الخطيب (cropped).jpg Anwar Khatib 1948 1950 Independent
2 Aref al-Aref.jpg Aref al-Aref 1950 1951 Independent
3 Coat of arms of Jordan.svg Hannah Atallah 1951 1952 Independent
4 Omar Elwary Portrait 1955.jpg Omar Wa'ari 1952 1955 Independent
- Coat of arms of Jordan.svg City Council committee 1955 1957 Independents
5 Rouhi Al-Khatib 1994.jpg Ruhi al-Khatib 1957 1967 Independent

Reunited Jerusalem (1967–present)


Mayor of Jerusalem Took office Left office Party Coalition
24 Teddy Kollek (cropped).jpg Teddy Kollek 1967 1993 Rafi
(1967-1968)
Labor
(from 1968)
Alignment
1967 – 1969
LaborAlignment – Mapam
1969 – 1993
25 Ehud Olmert 2006May23.jpg Ehud Olmert 1993 2003 Likud Likud
26 Lupolianksi.jpg Uri Lupolianski 2003 2008 Degel HaTorah United Torah Judaism
27 Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem (4462290204) (cropped).jpg Nir Barkat 2008 2018 Independent LikudIndependents
28 משה ליאון.JPG Moshe Lion 2018 Incumbent Independent Independent

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
- Rouhi Al-Khatib 1994.jpg Ruhi al-Khatib† 1967 1994 Independent
- Coat of arms of the Palestinian National Authority.svg Amin al-Majaj† 1994 1998 Independent
- Coat of arms of the Palestinian National Authority.svg Zaki al-Ghul† 1999 2019 Independent

See also

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