Elias Bandak Explained

Office:Mayor of Bethlehem
Term Start3:1950
Term End3:1952
Term Start2:1952
Term End2:1957
Term Start1:1964
Term End1:1972
Predecessor3:Issa Basil Bandak
Successor2:Ayyub Musallam
Successor1:Elias Freij
Birth Date:c. 1911
Birth Place:Bethlehem
Death Place:Jerusalem
Nationality:Palestinian

Elias Issa Bandak (Arabic: إلياس بندك) (c.1911 – 26 April 1972) was the mayor of Bethlehem from 1950–52, 1952–57, and from 1964-72, serving three separate terms. He succeeded his cousin Issa Basil Bandak.[1] Bandak was a Palestinian Christian.

Bandak died of cancer on 26 April 1972, aged 61.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.bethlehem-city.org/English/Mayor/FormerMayors. Former mayors of Bethlehem
  2. News: Elias Bandak Dies . 1 February 2023 . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 27 April 1972.