List of mayors of Amman
List of mayors of the city of Amman
Mayor of Greater Amman Municipality | |
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أمين عمّان | |
Incumbent since 21 August 2017Yousef Shawarbeh | |
Style | His Excellency |
Appointer | The King of Jordan |
Inaugural holder | Ismael Babouk |
Formation | 1909 |
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 Amman | Took office | Left office | ||
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Ottoman Empire | 1 | ![]() | Ismael Babouk | 1909 | 1911 |
2 | ![]() | Ahmad Khatib | 1911 | 1915 | |
3 | ![]() | As'ad Hamdokh | 1915 | 1919 | |
4 | ![]() | Ayoub Fakhri Fakher | 1919 | 1920 | |
Arab Kingdom of Syria | 5 | ![]() | Saeed Khair | 1920 | 1925 |
Emirate of Transjordan | 6 | ![]() | Yousef Asfour | 1925 | 1931 |
7 | ![]() | Taher Joqqa | 1931 | 1933 | |
8 | ![]() | Alaeddin Touqan | 1933 | 1937 | |
9 | ![]() | Sameh Hijazi (1st time) | 1937 | 1938 | |
10 | ![]() | Saeed Mufti | 1938 | 1939 | |
11 | ![]() | Hashem Khair | 1939 | 1942 | |
12 | ![]() | Omar Hikmat | 1942 | 1942 | |
13 | ![]() | Subhi Kahaleh | 1942 | 1943 | |
14 | ![]() | Omar Zaki Afyouni | 1943 | 1944 | |
15 | ![]() | Ra'fat Dajani | 1944 | 1945 | |
16 | ![]() | Kamal Jayousi | 1945 | 1945 | |
EJ and HKJ | (9) | ![]() | Sameh Hijazi (2nd time) | 1945 | 1948 |
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | 17 | ![]() | Abdulmajeed Adwan | 1948 | 1948 |
18 | ![]() | Hazza' Majali | 1948 | 1950 | |
19 | ![]() | Abdulrahman Khalifa | 1950 | 1952 | |
20 | ![]() | Sadqi Qasem | 1952 | 1952 | |
21 | ![]() | Farhan Shubeilat (1st time) | 1952 | 1953 | |
22 | ![]() | Salman Sokkar | 1953 | 1953 | |
(21) | ![]() | Farhan Shubeilat (2nd time) | 1953 | 1955 | |
23 | ![]() | Omar Matar | 1955 | 1957 | |
24 | ![]() | Deifallah Hmoud | 1957 | 1960 | |
25 | ![]() | Hassan Sido Kurdi | 1960 | 1962 | |
26 | ![]() | Basheer Shureiki | 1962 | 1964 | |
27 | ![]() | Ahmad Fawzi | 1964 | 1973 | |
28 | ![]() | Mohammed Touqan | 1973 | 1976 | |
29 | ![]() | Maen Abu Nowar | 1976 | 1979 | |
30 | ![]() | Issam Ajlouni | 1980 | 1982 | |
31 | ![]() | Abdelraouf Al-Rawabdeh | 1983 | 1989 | |
32 | ![]() | Ali Suheimat | 1989 | 1991 | |
33 | ![]() | Muhammed Bashir ash-Shishani | 1991 | 1993 | |
34 | ![]() | Mamdouh Abbadi | 1993 | 1998 | |
35 | Nidal Hadid | 1998 | 2006 | ||
36 | Omar Maani | 2006 | 2011 | ||
37 | Ammar Gharaibeh (Acting mayor) | 2011 | 2012 | ||
38 | ![]() | Abdulhaleem Al-Kailani (Acting mayor) | 2012 | 2013 | |
39 | ![]() | Aqel Biltaji | 2013 | 2017 | |
40 | Yousef Shawarbeh | 2017 | present |