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Raghib al-Nashashibi 🇵🇸

راغب النشاشيبي (Known as "Al-Nashashibi")
Mayor of Jerusalem (1920-1934), Leader of the National Defense Party
Born 1881 🇵🇸 Jerusalem, Palestine
Passed Away 10 April 1951 Jerusalem, Palestine
Lifespan 70 years old
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"Municipal duty is to build stone upon stone and pave roads of progress for all residents of our holy city."

Archival Overview

Distinguished Mayor of Jerusalem for fourteen years during the British Mandate and leader of the National Defense Party.

Biographical Record

Raghib Bey al-Nashashibi was born in Jerusalem into one of Palestine's most prominent aristocratic families and earned a civil engineering degree from the Imperial Engineering School in Istanbul, serving as district engineer of Jerusalem and member of the Ottoman Parliament in 1914.

Appointed Mayor of Jerusalem in 1920 by British authorities following the dismissal of Musa Kazim al-Husseini, Nashashibi governed the municipal capital for fourteen years, modernizing the city's water supply, road network, and public parks. He founded the National Defense Party in 1934, advocating pragmatic diplomatic negotiation, and later served as governor of the West Bank under King Abdullah I.

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Final Resting Place

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Nashashibi Family Cemetery
Jerusalem, Palestine
GPS: 31.7800, 35.2300
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