List of mayors of Amman explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Greater Amman Municipality
Native Name:أمين عمّان
Insigniasize:200px
Insigniacaption:Seal of Amman
Incumbent:Yousef Shawarbeh
Incumbentsince:21 August 2017
Style:His Excellency
Appointer:The King of Jordan
Formation:1909
Inaugural:Ismael Babouk
Website:Office of the Mayor

The first municipal council in the capital city of Jordan, Amman, was established in 1909.[1] [2]

List of Mayors

Authority
Mayor of AmmanTook officeLeft office
Ottoman Empire1Ismael Babouk19091911
2Ahmad Khatib19111915
3As'ad Hamdokh19151919
4Ayoub Fakhri Fakher19191920
Arab Kingdom of Syria5Saeed Khair19201925
Emirate of Transjordan6Yousef Asfour19251931
7Taher Joqqa19311933
8Alaeddin Touqan19331937
9Sameh Hijazi
(1st time)
19371938
10Saeed Mufti19381939
11Hashem Khair19391942
12Omar Hikmat19421942
13Subhi Kahaleh19421943
14Omar Zaki Afyouni19431944
15Ra'fat Dajani19441945
16Kamal Jayousi19451945
EJ andHKJ(9)Sameh Hijazi
(2nd time)
19451948
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan17Abdulmajeed Adwan19481948
18Hazza' Majali19481950
19Abdulrahman Khalifa19501952
20Sadqi Qasem19521952
21Farhan Shubeilat
(1st time)
19521953
22Salman Sokkar19531953
(21)Farhan Shubeilat
(2nd time)
19531955
23Omar Matar19551957
24Deifallah Hmoud19571960
25Hassan Sido Kurdi19601962
26Basheer Shureiki19621964
27Ahmad Fawzi19641973
28Mohammed Touqan19731976
29Maen Abu Nowar19761979
30Issam Ajlouni19801982
31Abdelraouf Al-Rawabdeh19831989
32Ali Suheimat19891991
33Muhammed Bashir ash-Shishani19911993
34Mamdouh Abbadi19931998
35Nidal Hadid19982006
36Omar Maani20062011
37Ammar Gharaibeh
(Acting mayor)
20112012
38Abdulhaleem Al-Kailani
(Acting mayor)
20122013
39Aqel Biltaji20132017
40Yousef Shawarbeh2017present

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GAM Mayors. 2015-06-08. Greater Amman Municipality.
  2. Web site: New Amman mayor pledges ‘fair and responsible’ governance. 2018-02-27. Jordan Times.