Hussein Abdallah al-Araj | |
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| Governor of Hebron Governorate[1] | |
| In office 2007–2010 | |
| Acting Mayor of Nablus | |
| In office April 2004 – April 2005 | |
| Succeeded by | Ghassan Hammouz |
| Deputy Minister of Local Government | |
| In office 2004–2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmad Qurei |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
Hussein Abdallah al-Araj (Arabic: حسين الأعرج) is a Palestinian former mayor and government minister. He was the acting mayor of Nablus, one of the largest cities in the West Bank. He was in office, heading a local government committee, from April 2004 to April 2005. He was succeeded by another local government committee led by Ghassan Hammouz.[2] Al-Araj was also the Palestinian National Authority's Deputy Minister of Local Government in 2004-05.[3]
In 2005, he complained that Nablus was closed off by the Israel Defense Forces for three years and concerning the Israeli West Bank barrier, he stated "Walls don't build peace, we learned that in Berlin... face to face contact do [build peace]."[4]
- ^ قرار رقم ٢٨٠ لسنة ٢٠٠٧م [Decision Number 280 for Year 2007] (PDF) (in Arabic). Government of Palestine. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Former Mayors of Nablus". Nablus Municipality. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010.
- ^ Kraus, Silvi (30 May 2005). "Regional Cooperation Through Local Government: A Panel Session of the First Annual Local Government Conference Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy Tel Aviv University" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert (14 September 2005). "City Diplomacy for Peace Building" (PDF). World Urban Forum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2007.