Mousa Hadid
Palestinian civil engineer; mayor of Ramallah
Musa Hadid (Arabic: موسى حديد; born 1965) is a Palestinian political figure and the former mayor of Ramallah, Palestine.
01Education and early life
Hadid studied at Birzeit University, graduating in 1993. He worked as a civil engineer for 20 years before turning to politics. He is a Christian.
02Political career
Hadid served as the mayor of Ramallah from 2012 to 2022. He is currently the Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian National Council.
03Film
In 2020, Hadid was the subject of an award-winning film called Mayor, directed by filmmaker David Osit. The film follows Musa Hadid's day-to-day life as mayor. The film has been called a "darkly comic saga" and "the best new film about the Israeli-Palestine conflict".
04Other activities
Non-profit organizations
- Head of the Palestinian Union of Local Authorities
- Member of the Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine
- Member of the Municipal Development and Lending Fund
- Vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees of Al-Istiqlal Park
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Mahmoud Darwish Museum
- Member of the Special Committee for the Consideration of Structuring Palestine into Development Regions
- Member of a Presidential Committee for Civil Peace.
Sources and credits
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