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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Musa Hadid (March 13, 1965 in Ramallah -) is a Palestinian engineer who served as the mayor of Ramallah between 2012 and 2022 on two terms. He chairs the Palestinian Federation of Palestinian Local Authorities for the second consecutive session.
Childhood and educational attainment
Musa Hadid was born in 1965 in Ramallah. In 1993, he graduated from Birzeit University with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
practical life
Hadid's political career began when he joined the student movement during his student years at Birzeit University. With the outbreak of the first Palestinian Intifada, he was arrested by the Israeli occupation.
positions
In addition to his position as mayor of Ramallah, he is also:
President of the Palestinian Federation of Local Authorities
Chairman of the Jerusalem Water Authority Council
Co-chair of UCLG-MEWA
Member of the Supreme Presidential Committee to Follow up on Church Affairs in Palestine.
Member of the Municipal Development and Lending Fund
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Independence Park
Member of the Board of Directors of the Martyr Yasser Arafat Museum
Member of the Board of Directors of the Museum of the Poet Mahmoud Darwish
Member of the Special Committee for the Study of Organizing the Nation within Development Regions
Member of the Presidential Committee for Civil Peace.
In February 2022, he became Vice-President of the Palestinian National Council.
Ramallah Municipality Presidency
2012 local council elections
In October 2012, local elections were held in the Palestinian territories, where three electoral blocs ran for mayor of Ramallah. The Abnaa al-Balad bloc was headed by Hadid, and won 8 out of 15 seats.
2017 local council elections
In May 2017, Hadid again ran for local council elections, as he headed the Abnaa al-Balad bloc, one of the four competing blocs. The bloc also won eight of the 15 seats.
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