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DeutschList of mayors of Amman
| Mayor of Greater Amman Municipality | |
|---|---|
| أمين عمّان | |
since 21 August 2017 | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Appointer | The King of Jordan |
| Inaugural holder | Ismael Babouk |
| Formation | 1909 |
| Website | Office of the Mayor |
The first municipal council in the capital city of Jordan, Amman, was established in 1909.[1][2]
List of Mayors
[edit]| Authority | Mayor of Amman | Took office | Left office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottoman Empire | 1 |  | Ismael Babouk | 1909 | 1911 |
| 2 |  | Ahmad Khatib | 1911 | 1915 | |
| 3 |  | As'ad Hamdokh | 1915 | 1919 | |
| 4 |  | Ayoub Fakhri Fakher | 1919 | 1920 | |
| Arab Kingdom of Syria | 5 |  | Saeed Khair | 1920 | 1925 |
| Emirate of Transjordan | 6 |  | Yousef Asfour | 1925 | 1931 |
| 7 |  | Taher Joqqa | 1931 | 1933 | |
| 8 |  | Alaeddin Touqan | 1933 | 1937 | |
| 9 |  | Sameh Hijazi (1st time) | 1937 | 1938 | |
| 10 |  | Saeed Mufti | 1938 | 1939 | |
| 11 |  | Hashem Khair | 1939 | 1942 | |
| 12 |  | Omar Hikmat | 1942 | 1942 | |
| 13 |  | Subhi Kahaleh | 1942 | 1943 | |
| 14 |  | Omar Zaki Afyouni | 1943 | 1944 | |
| 15 |  | Ra'fat Dajani | 1944 | 1945 | |
| 16 |  | Kamal Jayousi | 1945 | 1945 | |
| EJ and HKJ | (9) | | Sameh Hijazi (2nd time) | 1945 | 1948 |
| Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | 17 |  | Abdulmajeed Adwan | 1948 | 1948 |
| 18 |  | Hazza' Majali | 1948 | 1950 | |
| 19 |  | Abdulrahman Khalifa | 1950 | 1952 | |
| 20 |  | Sadqi Qasem | 1952 | 1952 | |
| 21 |  | Farhan Shubeilat (1st time) | 1952 | 1953 | |
| 22 |  | Salman Sokkar | 1953 | 1953 | |
| (21) | | Farhan Shubeilat (2nd time) | 1953 | 1955 | |
| 23 |  | Omar Matar | 1955 | 1957 | |
| 24 |  | Deifallah Hmoud | 1957 | 1960 | |
| 25 |  | Hassan Sido Kurdi | 1960 | 1962 | |
| 26 |  | Basheer Shureiki | 1962 | 1964 | |
| 27 |  | Ahmad Fawzi | 1964 | 1973 | |
| 28 |  | Mohammed Touqan | 1973 | 1976 | |
| 29 |  | Maen Abu Nowar | 1976 | 1979 | |
| 30 |  | Issam Ajlouni | 1980 | 1982 | |
| 31 |  | Abdelraouf Al-Rawabdeh | 1983 | 1989 | |
| 32 |  | Ali Suheimat | 1989 | 1991 | |
| 33 |  | Muhammed Bashir ash-Shishani | 1991 | 1993 | |
| 34 |  | Mamdouh Abbadi | 1993 | 1998 | |
| 35 | Nidal Hadid | 1998 | 2006 | ||
| 36 | Omar Maani | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| 37 | Ammar Gharaibeh (Acting mayor) | 2011 | 2012 | ||
| 38 |  | Abdulhaleem Al-Kailani (Acting mayor) | 2012 | 2013 | |
| 39 | .jpg) | Aqel Biltaji | 2013 | 2017 | |
| 40 | Yousef Shawarbeh | 2017 | present | ||
References
[edit]
- ^ "GAM Mayors". Greater Amman Municipality. Retrieved 2015-06-08.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "New Amman mayor pledges 'fair and responsible' governance". Jordan Times. Retrieved 2018-02-27.