The Mayor of Haifa is the head of the executive branch of the political system in Haifa. 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.
Mayor of Haifa | |
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since 2024 | |
Term length | 5 years |
List of mayors
editOttoman Empire (1775–1920)
editMayor | Took office | Left office | ||
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1 | Najib Effendi al-Yasin | 1873 | 1877 | |
2 | Ahmad Effendi Jalabi | 1878 | 1881 | |
3 | Mustafa Bey al-Salih | 1881 | 1883 | |
4 | Mustafa Pasha al-Khalil | 1885 | 1903 | |
5 | Jamil Sadiq | 1904 | 1910 | |
6 | Rif'at al-Salah | 1910 | 1911 | |
7 | Ibrahim al-Khalil | 1911 | 1913 | |
8 | Hassan Bey Shukri | 1914 | 1920 |
Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948)
editMayor | Took office | Left office | ||
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1 | Abd al-Rahman al-Haj | 1920 | 1927 | |
2 | Hassan Bey Shukri | 1927 | 1940 | |
3 | Shabtai Levy | 1940 | 1948 |
Israel (from 1948)
editMayor | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | |||
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1 | Shabtai Levy | 1948 | 1951 | Independent | |||
2 | Abba Hushi | 1951 | 1969 | Mapai | |||
3 | Moshe Flimann | 1969 | 1973 | Independent | |||
4 | Yosef Almogi | 1974 | 1975 | Alignment | |||
5 | Yeruham Zeisel | 1975 | 1978 | Independent | |||
6 | Aryeh Gur'el | 1978 | 1993 | Israeli Labor Party | |||
7 | Amram Mitzna | 1993 | 2003 | Israeli Labor Party | |||
- | Giora Fisher | 2003 | 2003 | ||||
8 | Yona Yahav | 2003 | 2018 | Israeli Labor Party | |||
9 | Einat Kalisch-Rotem | 2018 | 2024 | Israeli Labor Party | |||
10 | Yona Yahav | 2024 | Incumbent | Israeli Labor Party |