Zaki al-Ghul
{{Short description|Palestinian politician (1926–2019)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Zaki al-Ghul
|native_name = زكي الغول
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|office = Titular Mayor of East Jerusalem
|term_start = 1999
|term_end = 28 April 2019
|predecessor = Amin al-Majaj
|successor = Vacant
|birth_date = {{Birth year|1926}}
|birth_place = Silwan neighborhood, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|04|28|1926|df=y}}
|death_place =
|nationality = Palestinian
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|alma_mater = Palestinian Institute of Law
John F. Kennedy University
}}
Zaki Ali Khader al-Ghul (Arabic: زكي الغول; born 1926 – 28 April 2019) was a Palestinian politician based in Jordan.{{cite web |title=Zaki al-Ghul |url=https://www.all4palestine.org/ModelDetails.aspx?gid=14&mid=77717&lang=en |publisher=All4Palestine |access-date=17 September 2023}}
Life and Education
Born in 1926 in Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood, he graduated from the Palestinian Institute of Law in 1948 and achieved a doctorate from John F. Kennedy University in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.net/home/print/f6451603-4dff-4ca1-9c10-122741d17432/d23d8f5b-286e-4344-ab50-7890283b6512|title=منتدى الفكر العربي يكرم أمين مدينة القدس |date=6 March 2014|publisher=Al Jazeera}}
Mayor of East Jerusalem
From 1999 until his death in 2019, al-Ghul served as the titular mayor of East Jerusalem. Due to the forced shutting down of all councils related to the East Jerusalem municipal services by Israeli authorities, al-Ghul held what constituted a purely formal position or title without any practical or real authority.{{cite book |title=Jerusalem: The Contested City |page=197 |first=Menachem |last=Klein |date=2001 |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. |location=London |isbn=1-85065-575-8}}{{cite book |title=Jerusalem and Its Role in Islamic Solidarity |page=37 |first=Yitzhak |last=Reiter |date=2008 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Ney York |isbn=978-0-230-60782-8}}
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Category:Birzeit University alumni
Category:Burials at Sahab Cemetery
Category:John F. Kennedy University alumni
Category:Jordanian people of Palestinian descent
Category:Palestinian expatriates in Jordan
Category:Palestinian politicians
Category:People from Jerusalem Governorate
Category:Politicians from Jerusalem
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