Ghassan Shakaa | |
Native Name: | غسان الشكعة |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Office: | Mayor of Nablus |
Term Start: | 1994 |
Term End: | 2004 |
Successor: | Adli Yaish |
Term Start2: | 2012 |
Term End2: | 2015 |
Predecessor2: | Adli Yaish |
Successor2: | Akram Rajoub |
Birth Place: | Nablus, Mandatory Palestine |
Death Place: | Nablus, West Bank |
Relations: | Bassam Shaka (uncle) |
Ghassan Shakaa (Arabic: غسان الشكعة|'''Ghassān Shak’ā''') (1943 – 25 Jan 2018) was a Palestinian politician who was the mayor of Nablus in 1994–2004 and in 2012–2015,[1] one of the largest cities in the West Bank. His uncle, Bassam Shaka was another former Nablus mayor. Shakaa was appointed to his position by Yasser Arafat.[2] His brother was assassinated in 2003. Shakaa published an open letter in which he called for the Palestinian National Authority to restore order to his politically divided city.[3] Shakaa died on January 25, 2018 at the age of 74.[4]