Raghib al-Nashashibi | |
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Mayor of Jerusalem | |
In office 1920 – January 1935 | |
Preceded by | Musa al-Husayni |
Succeeded by | Hussein Khalidi |
Minister of State and Custodian of the Holy Places of Jerusalem | |
In office 1 January 1951 – 25 July 1951 | |
Minister of Transport | |
In office 4 December 1950 – 1 January 1951 | |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 12 April 1950 – 11 October 1950 | |
Minister of State | |
In office 12 January 1950 – 12 April 1950 | |
Minister of Refugees | |
In office 1 September 1949 – 12 January 1950 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1881 Jerusalem |
Died | April 1951 East Jerusalem |
Political party | National Defence Party |
Raghib al-Nashashibi (Arabic: راغب النشاشيبي, Ragheb al-Nashashibī) (1881–1951), CBE (hon),[1] was a Palestinian public figure and wealthy landowner during the Ottoman Empire,[2] the British Mandate and the Jordanian administration. He was a member of the Nashashibi clan, one of the most influential families in Palestine, and mayor of Jerusalem from 1920 to 1935.