| Ramiz Jaraisy | |
| Birth Date: | 1951 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Nazareth, Israel |
| Nationality: | Israeli |
| Office: | Mayor of Nazareth |
| Term Start: | 1994 |
| Term End: | 2014 |
| Predecessor: | Tawfiq Ziad |
| Successor: | Ali Salam |
| Deputy: | Tawfiq Ziad |
| Party: | Hadash |
Ramiz Jaraisy (Arabic: رامز جرايسي, Hebrew: ראמז ג'ראיסי; born October 24, 1951) is an Arab-Israeli politician and the former mayor of Nazareth.[1]
Jaraisy was born to a Palestinian Christian family in Nazareth, Israel. He holds a BSc in mechanical engineering (1973) and an MSc in civil engineering (1978), both from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He established two Arab-Israeli student unions, first for the Technion, and subsequently a national chapter. Jaraisy is a Greek Orthodox Christian.[1]
Jaraisy was first elected to the Nazareth City Council in 1978. Later he became deputy mayor under Tawfiq Ziad. After Ziad's death in 1994 he was elected mayor of Nazareth.[2] He was beaten and succeeded by deputy mayor Ali Salam in 2014.[3]