Daniel Auster (1893-1962) was Mayor of Jerusalem in the final years of the British Mandate of Palestine, and the first mayor of Jerusalem under an independent State of Israel. Before that, he was Deputy Mayor under Raghib Nashashibi. He was also a member of the National Assembly for the General Zionists party, and a signatory of Israel's Declaration of Independence. Wikipedia
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