Mayor of Haifa explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Haifa
Insignia:File:Coat_of_arms_of_Haifa.svg
Insigniasize:150px
Incumbent:Yona Yahav
Incumbentsince:2024
Termlength:5 years

The Mayor of Haifa is the head of the executive branch of the political system in Haifa. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces city and state laws. The term of office is five years.

List of mayors

Ottoman Empire (1775–1920)


MayorTook officeLeft office
1Najib Effendi al-Yasin18731877
2Ahmad Effendi Jalabi18781881
3Mustafa Bey al-Salih18811883
418851903
5Jamil Sadiq19041910
6Rif'at al-Salah19101911
719111913
8Hassan Bey Shukri19141920

Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948)


MayorTook officeLeft office
119201927
2Hassan Bey Shukri19271940
3Shabtai Levy19401948

Israel (from 1948)


MayorTook officeLeft officePartyCoalition
1Shabtai Levy19481951Independent
2Abba Hushi19511969Mapai
3Moshe Flimann19691973Independent
4Yosef Almogi19741975Alignment
5Yeruham Zeisel19751978 Independent
6Aryeh Gur'el19781993Israeli Labor Party
7Amram Mitzna19932003Israeli Labor Party
-20032003
8Yona Yahav20032018Israeli Labor Party
9Einat Kalisch-Rotem20182024Israeli Labor Party
10Yona Yahav2024IncumbentIsraeli Labor Party

See also