Jenin - Government

Government

Jenin municipality was established in 1886 under the Ottoman rule with no more than 80 voters and elections were made every 4 years until 1982 when the Israeli government took control over the municipality until 1995.

List of Jenin mayors:

  • Andulmajeed Mansour
  • Abdulrahman Al-Haj Hassan
  • Ragheb Al-Souki
  • Al-Haj Hassan Fazaa'
  • Tawfeek Mansour
  • Bshara Atallah
  • Hussein al-Abboushi
  • Aref Abdulrahman
  • Fahmi al-Abboushi
  • Tahseen Abdulhadi
  • Abdulraheem Jarrar
  • Saleh Arif Azzouqa
  • Hussni Al-Souki
  • Ahmed Kamal Al-saa'di
  • Ahmed Shawki Al-Mahmoud
  • Shehab Al-Sanouri
  • Abdullah Lahlouh
  • Waleed Abu Mwais (appointed)
  • Hatim Jarrar

Municipal elections were held in Jenin on 15 December 2005. Six seats each were won by Hamas and the local coalition of Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Jenin was one of several Palestinian cities where Hamas showed a dramatic growth in electoral support. The mayor of Jenin is Hadem Rida.

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