Zaki al-Ghul

Zaki al-Ghul
زكي الغول
Titular Mayor of East Jerusalem
In office 1999–2019
Personal details
Born	1926 Silwan neighborhood, Jerusalem
Died	28 April 2019
Nationality	Palestinian
Alma mater	Palestinian Institute of Law, John F. Kennedy University

Zaki Ali Khader al-Ghul (Arabic: زكي الغول; born 1926 – 28 April 2019) was a Palestinian politician based in Jordan.[1]

Life and Education

Born in 1926 in Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood, he graduated from the Palestinian Institute of Law in 1948 and achieved a doctorate from John F. Kennedy University in 2006.[2]

Mayor of East Jerusalem

From 1999 until his death in 2019, al-Ghul served as the titular mayor of East Jerusalem. Due to the forced shutting down of all councils related to the East Jerusalem municipal services by Israeli authorities, al-Ghul held what constituted a purely formal position or title without any practical or real authority.[3][4]

References

1. "Zaki al-Ghul". All4Palestine. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
2. "منتدى الفكر العربي يكرم أمين مدينة القدس". Al Jazeera. 6 March 2014.
3. Klein, Menachem (2001). Jerusalem: The Contested City. London: C. Hurst & Co. p. 197. ISBN 1-85065-575-8.
4. Reiter, Yitzhak (2008). Jerusalem and Its Role in Islamic Solidarity. Ney York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-230-60782-8.