Hashem Abd al-Rahman | |
Native Name: | هاشم عبد الرحمن |
Office: | Mayor of Umm al-Fahm |
Term Start: | 2003 |
Term End: | 2008 |
Predecessor: | Suleiman Aghbariyya |
Successor: | [Khaled Aghbariyya | party = [[Islamic Movement (Israel)|Islamic Movement]]| profession = Politician| alma_mater = Hebron University |
Sheikh Hashem Abd al-Rahman, also known as Hashem Abdul Rahman, was mayor of Umm al-Fahm, an Israeli Arab city in the Wadi Ara region of Israel.
A member of the Islamic Movement party in Israel, al-Rahman served as deputy mayor between 1989 and 1998. During Abd al-Rahman's term a project was inaugurated to boost Jewish tourism to Umm al-Fahm.[1]