Mayor of Nazareth
| Mayor of Nazareth | |
|---|---|
| רֹאשׁ עִירִיַּת נָצְרַת | |
Coat of Arms of Nazareth | |
Incumbent since 24 June 2025Yaakov Efrati | |
| Residence | Tawfiq Ziad St., Nazareth, Israel |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Formation | 1875 |
The Mayor of Nazareth is the head of the executive branch of the political system in Nazareth, Israel. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces city and state laws. The term of office is five years.
The municipality was established for the first time in 1875, during the Ottoman Empire period, and since then it has had twelve mayors, including eight after the establishment of the State of Israel, in addition to three temporary committees in three different periods.
List of mayors
| Mayor | Took office | Left office | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thanos Kavar | 1875 | 1885 | |||
| 2 | Ali al-As'ad al-Zaydani[1] | 1889 | 1892 | |||
| 3 | Salim Bishara | 1924 | 1948 | |||
| 4 | Yousef Muhammad Ali Fahoum | 11 May 1948 | 30 June 1954 | |||
| 5 | Amin-Salim Jarjora | 15 July 1954 | 24 October 1959 | Democratic List of Nazareth | ||
| 6 | Seif el-Din el-Zoubi | 28 December 1959 | 20 December 1965 | Democratic List for Israeli Arabs | ||
| 7 | Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi | 21 December 1965 | 2 May 1966 | Mapam | ||
| – | Committee | 3 May 1966 | 18 December 1967 | Independent | ||
| 8 | Musa Ketelli | 19 December 1967 | 3 March 1971 | |||
| 9 | Seif el-Din el-Zoubi | 5 May 1971 | 13 May 1974 | Progress and Development | ||
| – | Committee | 14 May 1974 | 9 December 1975 | Independent | ||
| 10 | Tawfiq Ziad | 9 December 1975 | 5 July 1994 | Communist Party of Israel | ||
| 11 | Ramiz Jaraisy | 4 August 1994 | 11 March 2014 | Hadash | ||
| 12 | Ali Sallam | 11 March 2014 | 23 June 2025[2] | My Nazareth | ||
| – | Yaakov Efrati[a] | 24 June 2025[3] | present | Independent | ||
Notes
- ^ Head of an appointed committee.
References
- ^ Kanje 2016, p. 25.
- ^ Ashkenazi, Eli (23 June 2025). "המדינה הדיחה את ראש העיר: אשפה ברחובות, נצרת שקועה בחובות - וואלה חדשות". news.walla.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ Giladi, Batya (26 June 2025). "אחרי ההדחה: זה מי שיעמוד בראש עיריית נצרת". www.maariv.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 18 January 2026.
Sources
- Kanje, Fadel (2016). Transhumances interculturelles d'un Arabe de Nazareth (in French). Paris: L'Hartmann. ISBN 978-2-343-10202-3.