# Mayor of Jerusalem

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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)

| | Mayor | Term start | Term end |
| 1 | Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha | 1845 | 1847 |
| 2 | Ahmad Agha Duzdar Al-Asali | 1848 | 1863 |
| 3 | Abdelrahman al-Dajani | 1863 | 1867 |
| 4 | Rafadulo Astiriyadis Effendi (acting) | 1867 | 1867 |
| 5 | Abdelrahman al-Dajani | 1867 | 1869 |
| 6 | Mūsā Faydī al-'Alamī | 1869 | 1869 |
| 7 | Abd al-Salām Paşa al Ḥusaynī | 1869 | 1870 |
| 8 | Yousef Al-Khalidi | 1870 | 1876 |
| 9 | Abd al-Qādir al-Khalīlī Abū l-Hudā / 'Umar 'Abd al-Salām Paşa al Ḥusaynī / Salīm Shākir al-Ḥusaynī. | 1876 | 1877 |
| 10 | Shaḥāda Faydallāh al-'Alamī | 1877 | 1877 |
| 11 | Rafadulo Astiriyadis Effendi (acting) | 1877 | 1878 |
| 12 | Yousef Al-Khalidi | 1878 | 1879 |
| 13 | Mūsā Faydī al-'Alamī | 1879 | 1881 |
| 14 | Ḥusayn Salīm Paşa al Ḥusaynī | 1882 | 1897 |
| 15 | Yaseen al-Khalidi | 1897 | 1899 |
| 16 | Yousef Al-Khalidi | 1899 | 1906 |
| 17 | Faidi al-Alami | 1906 | 1909 |
| 18 | Hussein al-Husayni | 1909 | 1917 |
| 19 | Aref al-Dajani | 1917 | 1918 |
| 20 | Musa Kazim al-Husayni | 1918 | 1920 |

### Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948)

| | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 21 | Raghib al-Nashashibi | 1920 | 1935 | National Defence Party |
| 22 | Husayn al-Khalidi | 1935 | 1937 | Reform Party |
| 23 | Daniel Auster | 1937 | 1938 | General Zionists |
| 24 | Mustafa al-Khalidi | 1938 | 1944† | National Defence Party |
| (23) | Daniel Auster | 1944 | 1945 | General Zionists |
| - | 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 Daniel Auster 1948 1950 General Zionists General Zionists 2 Zalman Shragai 1950 1952 Hapoel HaMizrachi United Religious Front 3 Yitzhak Kariv 1952 1955 Mizrachi United Religious Front 4 Gershon Agron 1955 1959 Mapai Mapai – Ahdut HaAvoda 5 Mordechai Ish-Shalom 1959 1965 Mapai Mapai – Ahdut HaAvoda 6 Teddy Kollek 1965 1967 Rafi Alignment | Mayors of East Jerusalem (Jordan) Mayor of East Jerusalem Took office Left office Party 1 Anwar Khatib 1948 1950 Independent 2 Aref al-Aref 1950 1951 Independent 3 Hannah Atallah 1951 1952 Independent 4 Omar Wa'ari 1952 1955 Independent - City Council committee 1955 1957 Independents 5 Ruhi al-Khatib 1957 1967 Independent |

### Reunited Jerusalem (1967–present)

| | Mayor of Jerusalem | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition |
| 24 | Teddy Kollek | 1967 | 1993 | Rafi (1967-1968) Labor (from 1968) | Alignment 1967 – 1969 |
| 24 | Teddy Kollek | 1967 | 1993 | Rafi (1967-1968) Labor (from 1968) | Labor – Alignment – Mapam 1969 – 1993 |
| 25 | Ehud Olmert | 1993 | 2003 | Likud | Likud |
| 26 | Uri Lupolianski | 2003 | 2008 | Degel HaTorah | United Torah Judaism |
| 27 | Nir Barkat | 2008 | 2018 | Independent | Likud – Independents |
| 28 | 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 |
| - | Ruhi al-Khatib† | 1967 | 1994 | Independent |
| - | Amin al-Majaj† | 1994 | 1998 | Independent |
| - | Zaki al-Ghul† | 1999 | 2019 | Independent |