RAGHIB AL-NASHASHIBI

'Raghib al-Nashashibi' (, ) (1881-1951) was a distinguished public figure and wealthy landowner under the Ottoman Empire, the British Mandate and the Jordanian administration. Nashashibi graduated from Istanbul University and became Jerusalem's District Engineer. His family, the Nashashibis is one of the most influential and ancient of Jerusalem familes, and has historically been a rival to the Husayni family.
Nashashibi replaced Musa Kazim al-Husayni as mayor of Jerusalem (1920-34) and was a leading opponent of the Husayni family's influence in Palestine. In 1937 he secretly favoured union with Transjordan (Sayigh, 2000, p. 9). Nashashibi was a founding member of the Arab Higher Committee and a leader of the National Defence Party.
In August 1949 he was appointed head of the new Jordanian ministry for refugees and rehabilitation and was appointed first Governor-General for Arab Palestine in September of that same year. In 1950 he became Jordanian Minister of Agriculture and later Minister of Transport. He was also appointed as custodian of the Holy Places of Jerusalem with cabinet rank.

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★ Sayigh, Yezid (2000). ''Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-829643-6