Omar Elwary

Omar Amin Suleiman Khamis Suleiman Elwary
Omar Elwary in 1955
Mayor of East Jerusalem
In office
12 March 1952 – 1955
Head of the District Court in Jerusalem
In office
16 June 1948 – 1 January 1949
Judge in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Jerusalem and the West Bank of Jordan
In office
1 January 1949 – 29 June 1949
Personal details
Born1903
DiedApril 1972 (aged 69)
Jerusalem
NationalityPalestinian
OccupationPolitician, lawyer, judge


Omar Amin Suleiman Khamis Suleiman Elwary, also known as Omar Elwary, (1903–1972) was a Palestinian politician, who was the mayor of East Jerusalem.[1]

Career

On 21 May 1948, following the 1948 Palestine war, and by order of the Jordanian Arab Army authorities, he formed the Military Court to consider issues related to security and public order. On 16 June 1948, he was appointed Head of the District Court in Jerusalem. On 1 January 1949, he was appointed as a judge in the Supreme court of Appeal in Jerusalem and the West Bank of Jordan.[2][3] On 29 June 1949, he began practicing the legal profession, and in the meantime, on 18 August 1951, he took up the defense with a group of attorneys Jerusalem lawyers, namely Yahya Hammouda, Hanna Atallah, Jabra Al-Anqar, Issa Aqel, Nasri Nasr, Aziz Shehadeh, and Wafiq Younis Al-Husseini in the case the killing of Abdullah I bin Al Hussein.

On 23 October 1951, Elwary was elected a member of the Jerusalem Municipal Council.[4] On 12 March 1952, he was appointed head of the municipal council of East Jerusalem and remained so until the end of 1955. During this period, he carried out several projects to implement the necessary services for the holy city, including water and sewage projects, and opening the necessary roads for the city, in addition to expanding the borders[5][6] of the Jerusalem municipality to include the neighboring areas as well to the form it is now.

In his capacity as mayor of East Jerusalem, he received King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,[7] King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and King Hussein bin Talal, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in 1953, during King Saud's visit to Jerusalem[8] (Al-Quds Al-Sharif).

Al-Hajj Omar Elwary died in April 1972 in Jerusalem at the age of 69 years.[citation needed]

The Waary-Shawarma, popular in Jerusalem and Jerichow, dates back to his dynasty.

References

  1. ^ "Jerusalem". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. ^ admin (8 August 2016). "الهيئة الاسلامية العليا". الموسوعة الفلسطينية (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2022. تشكلت الهيئة بتاريخ 17 ربيع الأول 13887هـ الموافق 24 تموز/يوليو 1967م، وتولى رئاستها الشيخ عبد الحميد السائح* رئيس محكمة الاستئناف الشرعية، كما تولى وظيفة قاضي القضاة. وكان معه من الأعضاء: الشيخ حلمي المحتسب عضو محكمة الاستئناف ومدير الشرعية، والشيخ سعد الدين العلمي مفتي القدس، والشيخ سعيد صبري* قاضي القدس، وأنور الخطيب* محافظ القدس، وروحي الخطيب* أمين القدس، وحسن طهبوب مدير الأوقاف، وعبد الرحيم الشريف، وأنور نسيبة*، وعارف العارف، وعلي الطزيز، وسعيد علاء الدين، وعبد المحسن أبو ميزر* وكمال الدجاني، وابراهيم بكر*، وداود الحسيني، وصبحي غوشة، وفؤاد عبد الهادي، وحافظ طهبوب، وعمر الوعري، واسحق الدردار، واسحاق درويش، ونهاد أبو غربية، وحسن أبو ميزر.
  3. ^ "dergipark.org.tr". الملحق رقم 1 :مؤسسو الهيئة الاسلامية العليا-بيت المقدس22 المحامي عمر الوعري
  4. ^ "number of vortes Omar received on his election for the council, 1516 votes, pdf page: 45, book page 33" (PDF). Hebron University.
  5. ^ التفكجي, خليل. "بلدية القدس.. تطور حدودها بالطرد والإحلال". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. ^ "الاستيطان الجغرافي والديمغرافي وأخطاره في قضية القدس | مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني". info.wafa.ps.
  7. ^ "King Saud official twitter page".
  8. ^ "من مقتنيات دائرة المكتبة الوطنية". alrainewspaper (in Arabic). 12 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

وفي 1955 جرت انتخابات بلدية، وترأس المجلس البلدي عدة رؤساء بالوكالة مثل عمر الوعري، وامين مجج، ثم عُيّن روحي الخطيب رئيسا للبلدية عام 1957.