The Ministry of Local Government (MoLG; ) is a governmental body in Palestine that is responsible for overseeing the

local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...

system and ensuring that it functions effectively. The ministry is responsible for providing support and guidance to local government institutions, including municipalities, village councils, and other local authorities. The current Minister of Local Government in Palestine is Majdi - Al Saleh.

History

The Ministry of Local Government was founded in 1994, coinciding with the formation of the

Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian Authority (PA), officially known as the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over the Palestinian enclaves in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as a c ...

. Upon its inception, 483 local government units were established, including 103 municipalities, village councils, and small clusters. Additionally, 16 governorates were set up as a deconcentrated level of government. The ministry has a specific structure in place to effectively carry out its mandated responsibilities, which include planning, guiding, and supervising the local government sector. It has oversight over 121 Palestinian municipalities, distributed as 96 in the

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and 25 in Gaza. Notably, this excludes those in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem and UNRWA-administered refugee camps, which are managed by service committees. Additionally, there are approximately 355 village councils, along with local councils in

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

References

External links

* - official website {{Ministries of the State of Palestine

Local Government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...

Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

1994 establishments in Palestine Government agencies established in 1994