Daniel Auster
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Daniel Auster (Hebrew: דניאל אוסטר, 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. He was against the internationalization of Jerusalem and presented his views on this matter to the United Nations in 1947.
| Preceded by Hussein al-Khalidi |
Mayor of Jerusalem 1937–1938 |
Succeeded by Mustafa al-Khalidi |
| Preceded by Mustafa al-Khalidi |
Mayor of Jerusalem 1944–1945 |
Succeeded by Municipal committee |
| Preceded by Military governor |
Mayor of Jerusalem 1949–1951 |
Succeeded by Zalman Shragai |
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