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Yahya Al-Sarraj | |
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يحيى السراج | |
Mayor of Gaza City | |
Assumed office 27 July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Nizar Hijazi |
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Born | Yahya Rusydi Al-Sarraj 1962 (age 61–62) Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine |
Yahya Rusydi Al-Sarraj (or Yahya R. Sarraj or Yahya Sarraj) is a university professor and local government administrator in Gaza, Palestine. He was appointed Mayor of Gaza City by Hamas in 2019, a move that sparked controversy due to its antidemocratic nature.[1] Fatah, the political party that dominates the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, denounced the selection process.[2]