Musa Hadid (; born 1965) is a Palestinian political figure and the former mayor of

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Education and early life

Hadid studied at

Birzeit University Birzeit University () is a public university in the West Bank, Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as a charitable organization. It is accredited by the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Mini ...

, graduating in 1993. He worked as a

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing i ...

for 20 years before turning to

politics Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta ...

. He is a

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

Political career

Hadid served as the mayor of Ramallah from 2012 to 2022. He is currently the Deputy Speaker of the

Palestinian National Council The Palestinian National Council (PNC; ) is the legislative body - in Arabic, the ''Majlis'' - of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The PNC is intended to serve as the parliament that represents all Palestinians inside and outside th ...

Film

In 2020, Hadid was the subject of an award-winning film called "

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

," directed by filmmaker David Osit. The film follows Musa Hadid's day-to-day life as mayor. The film has been called a "darkly comic saga" and "the best new film about the Israeli-Palestine conflict".

Other activities

Non-profit organizations

* Head of the Palestinian Union of Local Authorities * Member of the Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine * Member of the Municipal Development and Lending Fund * Vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees of Al-Istiqlal Park * Member of the Board of Trustees of the Mahmoud Darwish Museum * Member of the Special Committee for the Consideration of Structuring Palestine into Development Regions * Member of a Presidential Committee for Civil Peace.

References

1965 births Living people Palestinian civil engineers People from Ramallah Fatah members Birzeit University alumni Mayors of Ramallah Palestinian Roman Catholics {{Palestine-politician-stub