Mayor of Greater Amman Municipality
أمين عمّان
Incumbent
Yousef Shawarbeh
since 21 August 2017
StyleHis Excellency
AppointerThe King of Jordan
Inaugural holderIsmael Babouk
Formation1909
WebsiteOffice of the Mayor

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


 Mayor of Amman Took office Left office
1 Ismael Babouk 1909 1911
2 Ahmad Khatib 1911 1915
3 As'ad Hamdokh 1915 1919
4 Ayoub Fakhri Fakher 1919 1920
5 Saeed Khair 1920 1925
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
(9) Sameh Hijazi
(2nd time)
 1945 1948
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 Abdulhalim Kilani
(Acting mayor)
 2012 2013
39 Aqel Biltaji 2013 2017
40 Yousef Shawarbeh 2017 present

References

  1. ↑ "GAM Mayors". Greater Amman Municipality. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  2. ↑ "New Amman mayor pledges 'fair and responsible' governance". Jordan Times. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
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