List of mayors of Amman

The first municipal council in the capital city of Jordan, Amman, was established in 1909.

List of Mayors Authority Mayor of Amman Took office Left officeOttoman Empire 1 Ismael Babouk 1909 1911 2 Ahmad Khatib 1911 1915 3 As'ad Hamdokh 1915 1919 4 Ayoub Fakhri Fakher 1919 1920Arab Kingdom of Syria 5 Saeed Khair 1920 1925Emirate of Transjordan 6 Yousef Asfour 1925 1931 7 Taher Joqqa 1931 1933 8 Alaeddin Touqan 1933 1937 9 Sameh Hijazi (1st time) 1937 1938 10 Saeed Mufti 1938 1939 11 Hashem Khair 1939 1942 12 Omar Hikmat 1942 1942 13 Subhi Kahaleh 1942 1943 14 Omar Zaki Afyouni 1943 1944 15 Ra'fat Dajani 1944 1945 16 1945 1945EJ and HKJ (9) Sameh Hijazi (2nd time) 1945 1948Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 17 Abdulmajeed Adwan 1948 1948 18 Hazza' Majali 1948 1950 19 Abdulrahman Khalifa 1950 1952 20 Sadqi Qasem 1952 1952 21 Farhan Shubeilat (1st time) 1952 1953 22 Salman Sokkar 1953 1953 (21) Farhan Shubeilat (2nd time) 1953 1955 23 Omar Matar 1955 1957 24 Deifallah Hmoud 1957 1960 25 Hassan Sido Kurdi 1960 1962 26 Basheer Shureiki 1962 1964 27 Ahmad Fawzi 1964 1973 28 Mohammed Touqan 1973 1976 29 Maen Abu Nowar 1976 1979 30 Issam Ajlouni 1980 1982 31 Abdelraouf Al-Rawabdeh 1983 1989 32 Ali Suheimat 1989 1991 33 Muhammed Bashir ash-Shishani 1991 1993 34 Mamdouh Abbadi 1993 1998 35 Nidal Hadid 1998 2006 36 Omar Maani 2006 2011 37 Ammar Gharaibeh (Acting mayor) 2011 2012 38 Abdulhaleem Al-Kailani (Acting mayor) 2012 2013 39 Aqel Biltaji 2013 2017 40 Yousef Shawarbeh 2017 present

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