- Husayin al-Khalidi
Husayin Fakhri al-Khalidi ( _ar. حسين فخري الخالدي, ArTranslit|Ḥusayn Fakhri al-Khalidī) (1895-1962) was born in
Jerusalem . He worked as medical doctor for the Department of Public Health inAleppo . Khalidi was elected mayor of Jerusalem from 1934-1937. On23 June , 1935 he founded the Reform Party and joined theArab Higher Committee as its representative.Khalidi was exiled to the
Seychelles Islands in 1937. He took part in the London Conference atSt. James's Palace in February 1939 and was among those rejecting the British Government's White Paper proposal. He returned to Palestine in 1943 and joined the renewed Arab Higher Committee in 1945, becoming its Secretary in 1946. Khalidi was a member of the short-livedAll-Palestine Government established under Egypt's patronage in Gaza in September 1948. He prospered under Jordanian rule, becoming a Cabinet Minister (for Foreign Affairs) and brieflyPrime Minister in 1957. He died on26 December , 1962.
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