Musa Hadid موسى حديد | |
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Mayor of Ramallah | |
In office 2012 – April 6, 2022 | |
Succeeded by | Issa Kassis[1] |
Preceded by | Janet Mikhail |
Personal details | |
Born | Ramallah, West Bank | March 13, 1965
Political party | Fatah |
Occupation | Civil engineer |
Musa Hadid (Arabic: موسى حديد; born 1965) is a Palestinian political figure and the former mayor of Ramallah, Palestine.
Hadid studied at Birzeit University, graduating in 1993.[2] He worked as a civil engineer for 20 years before turning to politics.[3] He is a Christian.[4]
Hadid served as the mayor of Ramallah from 2012 to 2022, losing his third re-election bid to Issa Kassis. He is currently the deputy chairman of the Palestinian National Council.[5][6]
In 2020, Hadid was the subject of an award-winning[7] film called "Mayor," directed by filmmaker David Osit.[8] The film follows Musa Hadid's day-to-day life as mayor.[9][10] The film has been called a "darkly comic saga"[11] and "the best new film about the Israeli-Palestine conflict".[12]