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]