Omar al-Bitar
Omar al-Bitar | |
|---|---|
al-Bitar in 1941 | |
| Mayor of Jaffa | |
| In office 1908–1915 | |
| In office June 1941 – June 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Abd al-Rauf al-Bitar |
| Succeeded by | Yousef Haikal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1880 |
| Died | 1946 (aged 65–66) |
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Omar al-Bitar (Arabic: عمر البيطار; also Romanized as Omar el-Bitar) OBE (1880–1946) was a Palestinian politician who served as the mayor of Jaffa during the British colonial period.
He was described as "a quintessential symbol of Jaffa in his time."