Ramiz Jaraisy

Ramiz Jaraisy
رامز جرايسي
Ramiz Jaraisy
Mayor of Nazareth
In office
4 August 1994 – 11 March 2014
Preceded byTawfiq Ziad
Succeeded byAli Salam
Personal details
Born (1951-10-24) 24 October 1951
PartyHadash
SpouseHanan Karkabi
Children3
Alma materTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology (BSc, MSc)
OccupationPolitician, mechanical engineer, civil engineer

Ramiz Jaraisy (Arabic: رامز جرايسي, Hebrew: ראמז ג'ראיסי; born 24 October 1951) is a Palestinian politician, mechanical engineer, civil engineer and the former mayor of Nazareth.[1]

Jaraisy was born to a Palestinian Christian family in Nazareth, Israel. He holds a BSc in mechanical engineering (1973) and an MSc in civil engineering (1978), both from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He established two Arab-Israeli student unions, first for the Technion, and subsequently a national chapter. Jaraisy is a Greek Orthodox Christian.[1]

Jaraisy was first elected to the Nazareth City Council in 1978. Later he became deputy mayor under Tawfiq Ziad. After Ziad's death in 1994 he was elected mayor of Nazareth.[2] He was beaten and succeeded by deputy mayor Ali Salam in 2014.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Gazzar, Brenda (30 April 2009). "Nazareth split over pope's visit. Tourism, peace hopes vie with calls for pontiff to stay away". Jerusalem Post. p. 4.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ McGahern, Una (25 June 2012). Palestinian Christians in Israel: State Attitudes towards Non-Muslims in a Jewish State. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-65680-4.
  3. ^ Ben Solomon, Ariel (13 March 2014). "Former Nazareth deputy mayor Ali Salam beats incumbent again". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 7 July 2024.