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Mayor of Haifa

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Mayor of Haifa
Incumbent
Yona Yahav
since 2024
Term length5 years

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.

List of mayors

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Ottoman Empire (1775–1920)

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Mayor Took office Left office
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 [he] 1885 1903
5 Jamil Sadiq 1904 1910
6 Rif'at al-Salah 1910 1911
7 Ibrahim al-Khalil [he] 1911 1913
8 Hassan Bey Shukri 1914 1920

Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948)

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Mayor Took office Left office
1 Abd al-Rahman al-Haj [he] 1920 1927
2 Hassan Bey Shukri 1927 1940
3 Shabtai Levy 1940 1948

Israel (from 1948)

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Mayor Took office Left office Party Coalition
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 [he] 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

See also

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