Daniel Auster
Daniel Auster | |
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Mayor of West Jerusalem | |
| In office 1948–1950 | |
| Succeeded by | Shlomo Zalman Shragai |
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| Born | 7 May 1893 Knihinin, Galicia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 15 January 1963 (aged 69) Israel |
| Political party | General Zionists |
| Spouse | Julia Auster |
Daniel Auster
Mayor of Jerusalem in the final years of Mandatory Palestine, the first Jewish mayor of the city, and the first mayor of Jerusalem after Israeli independence.[1]
Biography
Daniel Auster was born in
Reali School.[3]
He first served at the Austrian expeditionary force headquarters in
Husayn al-Khalidi
in 1936.
In 1937, he became the first Jewish mayor of Jerusalem. He was also a member of the Assembly of Representatives for the General Zionists party and a signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.[4]
In November 1947, he was a member of the Jewish Agency's delegation to the Working Committee of the Trusteeship Council which attempted to draw up a Draft Statute for Jerusalem, but in 1949, he openly declared his opposition to the
1949 Knesset elections as the leader of the "For Jerusalem" list,[6]
but it failed to win a seat.
Awards
For his service, Auster was made an Officer of the
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daniel Auster.
- ^ "Summary record of a meeting between the committee on Jerusalem and Mr. Daniel Auster, Mayor of Jerusalem (Jewish sector)". Archived from the original on December 24, 2013.
- ^ "and the Independence Declaration of the State of Israel". Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
- ^ a b "It's Sad to Be the Mayor of Jerusalem". Haaretz.
- ^ The Signatories of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
- ^ UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE COMMITTEE ON JERUSALEM Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ For Jerusalem Israel Democracy Institute
- ^ Ben-Sorek, Esor. "The Proposed 'Ben-Sorek' Plan". Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- JSTOR 23602832. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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