Jerusalem: Mayors of Jerusalem
(1899 - Present)
Greater Jerusalem
| Years | Mayor |
| 2018 - Present | Moshe Lion |
| 2008 - 2018 | |
| 2003 - 2008 | |
| 1993 - 2003 | |
| 1967 - 1993 |
East & West Jerusalem
| West Jerusalem | East Jerusalem | ||
| Years | Mayor | Years | Mayor |
| 1965 - 1967 | 1999 - ? | Zaki al-Ghul | |
| 1959 - 1965 | Mordecai Ish-Shalom | 1967 - 1999 | Amin Al-Majaj |
| 1955 - 1959 | 1957 - 1967 | Ruhi Al-Khatib | |
| 1952 - 1955 | Yitzhak Kariv | 1955 - 1957 | Municipal Committee *** |
| 1950 - 1952 | Shlomo Zalman Shragai | 1952 - 1955 | Omar Wa'ari |
| 1949 - 1950 | Daniel Auster | 1951 - 1952 | Hanna Atallah |
| 1948 - 1949 | Dov Joseph | 1950 - 1951 | |
| 1948 - 1950 | Anwar Al-Khatib | ||
| 1948 - 1949 | (Military Governor) | ||
Pre-State Jerusalem
| Years | Mayor |
| 1945 - 1948 | (Municipal Committee) ** |
| 1944 - 1945 | Daniel Auster * |
| 1938 - 1944 | Mustafa Al-Khalidi |
| 1934 - 1937 | Hussein Fakhri Al-Khalidi |
| 1920 - 1934 | |
| 1918 - 1920 | |
| 1917 - 1918 | |
| 1917 - 1920 | Sir Ronald Storrs (British military governor) |
| 1917 - 1917 | Bill Borton (British military governor) |
| 1909 - 1917 | Selim Effendi Al-Husseini |
| 1907 - 1909 | |
| 1899 - 1907 | Yussef Diya'udin Din Al-Khalidi |
*- Daniel Auster was appointed mayor by the British High Commissionerafter the death of Mustafa Al-Khalidi in 1944 . The Jewish Agency demanded a Jewish mayor, but the Muslims wanted a Muslim mayor, as had been the practice since 1877. From 1945 until the end of the mandate a mayor and two deputy mayors were appointed by the British. Auster was Deputy Mayor until the death of Al-Khalidi. See: Bovis, Eugene H. The Jerusalem Question. Hoover Policy Study No. 1. 1971. p. 33.
**- From 1945 until the end of the mandate a mayor and two deputy mayors were appointed by the British. See: Bovis, Eugene H. The Jerusalem Question. Hoover Policy Study No. 1. 1971. p. 33.
***- The municipal law was ammended in 1955, appointing two additional members to the council and reappointing Aref Al-Aref as mayor for a few months. (PASSIA)
Sources: World Statesman; Bovis, Eugene H. The Jerusalem Question. Hoover Institution Studies 29 (Policy 1), 1971; Gutman, Matthew. "New Jerusalem mayor stirs anxiety among the city's secular population." JTA. (February 18, 2003); PASSIA; The Jerusalem Municipality
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