Raghib al-Nashashibi

Raghib al-Nashashibi
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	1951

Raghib al-Nashashibi (Arabic: راغب النشاشيبي‎, Ragheb al-Nashashibī) (1881–1951) was a wealthy landowner and public figure during the Ottoman Empire^{[citation needed]}, the British Mandate and the Jordanian administration. He was mayor of Jerusalem in 1920–1934.

Background

Nashashibi graduated from Istanbul University and became Jerusalem's District Engineer. The Nashashibis were one of the oldest and most influential Jerusalem families^{[citation needed]}, and historical rivals of the Husayni family.

Political career

King George Street in Jerusalem, dedicated in the presence of Mayor al-Nashashibi, 1924

Nashashibi succeeded Musa Kazim al-Husayni as mayor of Jerusalem in 1920. He was a leading opponent of the Husayni family in Palestine. In 1937 he secretly favoured union with Transjordan. Nashashibi was a founding member of the Arab Higher Committee and a leader of the National Defence Party.

In August 1949 he was appointed head of the new Jordanian ministry for refugees and rehabilitation and was appointed first Governor-General for Arab Palestine in September of that same year. In 1950 he became Jordanian Minister of Agriculture and later Minister of Transport. He was also appointed as custodian of the Holy Places of Jerusalem with cabinet rank.

External links

• Prime Ministry of Jordan]
• Facebook Nashshibi page

Bibliography

• Sayigh, Yezid (2000). Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-829643-6