Abd al-Rauf al-Bitar

Abd al-Rauf al-Bitar (died 17 June 1941) was a Palestinian politician who served as the mayor of Jaffa from 1939 until his death in 1941.

Biography Bitar was born in Jaffa. He received his secondary education in the city, and later studied in Beirut. He then became a merchant, a military contractor and a tax collector. al-Bitar was married and had at the time of his death three sons and two daughters.

Bitar was first appointed Deputy Mayor of Jaffa by British Authorities in 1918, months after their occupation of the city from the Ottoman Empire.

In 1936, Bitar was elected head of the Jaffa Chamber of commerce. He also served as a member of the local Citrus control board.

Bitar survived an assassination attempt on 2 June 1939.

Bitar died in Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center on 17 June 1941 after a three-month illness.

A street in Tel Aviv-Yafo is named after Bitar.