Jerusalem
Israeli
city flag Adopted 13 Nov 1958
(de facto)
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c.4000
BC
Earliest settlements at present-day Jerusalem.
c.1010 BC - 586
BC Capital
of Kingdom of Israel (from c.931 BC Judah only); era
of the First Jewish Temple.
c.612 BC - 539
BC
Part of Babylonian Empire.
Aug 586
BC
Kingdom of Judah and first Temple destroyed by the
Babylonians.
539 BC - 332
BC
Part of the Persian (Achaemenid) Empire.
332 BC - 301
BC
Part of Macedonia (under Alexander "the Great" to 323
BC).
301 BC - 200
BC
Part of the (Ptolemaic) Kingdom of Egypt.
200 BC - 110
BC
Part of the Seleucid Empire.
167 BC - 160 BC
Maccabees (Maqabim) revolt against Seleucid rule.
140 BC - 6 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Judea (Roman client
state from 63 BC).
40 BC - 37
BC
Occupied by Parthian (Arsacid) Empire.
63 BC - 259 AD
Part of the Roman Empire.
41 AD - 44
AD
Capital of Kingdom of Judaea
(briefly restored by Claudius for
Herod Agrippa), afterward reverting to a Roman
province.
Aug 66 - 16 Apr 73
First Jewish revolt (Romans retake Jerusalem and the
Second
Temple is destroyed 30 Aug 70 [Tisha B'Av]).
66 -
68
Judean provisional government established in Jerusalem
during the
Jewish revolt.
130
Jerusalem
re-founded as Colonia Aelia Capitolina by the
Roman
Emperor Hadrian.
259 -
272
Part of the Palmyrene Empire.
272 - 17 Jan
395
Part of the Roman Empire.
17 Jan 395 - Apr 637
Part of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine)
Empire.
May 614 - 628
Sasanian occupation (614-617 Jewish autonomy granted
under
Nehemiah Ben Hushiel Ben Ephraim Ben Yosef [d. 617]).
Apr 637
Muslim conquest (Dome of the Rock
inaugurated 691).
Apr 637 - Jul 1073
Part of the Muslim Arab (Rashidun
637-661, Umayyad 661-750,
Abbasid
750-909, then Fatimid 909-1071 and 1098-1099)
Caliphates.
Jul 1073 - 8 Aug 1098
Part of the Seljuk (Seljukid) Empire.
8 Aug 1098 - 15 Jul 1099 Fatimid Caliphate
rule briefly restored.
15 Jul 1099 - 31 Jul 1291 Part of the Latin
Christian Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (fall
of Jerusalem 2 Oct 1187 [retaken 17 Mar 1229] and 4
Aug 1244).
2 Oct 1187 - 11 Jul 1244 Part of the
Ayyubid Sultanate.
11 Jul 1244 - 23 Aug 1244 Khwarezmian sack of
Jerusalem.
23 Aug 1244 - 24 Aug 1516 Part
of the Mameluke (Mamluk) Sultanate of Egypt.
24 Aug 1516 - 10 Dec 1917 Part of the
Ottoman Empire; part
of the Eyalet (province) of
Damascus (Jerusalem occupied 28 Dec 1516).
Dec 1831 - Jan 1841
Egyptian occupation of Jerusalem.
Jan
1841
Direct Ottoman administration as Sanjak of Jerusalem (Sancâk-ı
Kudüs)(from 1864, within the
Damascus vilayet).
1863
Municipality of Jerusalem (Baladiyya
Kudüs-i Sherif) established
imperial decree (firman).
1872
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem established with special
administrative
status (formally separated from the Damascus vilayet).
10 Dec 1917 - 1 Jul 1920 British military
occupation.
1 Jul 1920 - 14 May 1948 Part of British
mandate of Palestine.
29 Nov
1947
United Nations partition plan calls for Jerusalem and
its
environs (Corpus Separatum) to
be an international zone
administered by UN Trusteeship
Council.
14 May
1948
Israeli forces occupy West Jerusalem (New City) and
part of Mount
Scopus, while
Arab/Jordanian forces occupy East Jerusalem and
the Old City.
28 May
1948
Jewish Quarter in the Old City surrenders to Arab
forces.
7 Oct 1948 - 5 Jun
1967 Cease-fire agreement creates a UN
demilitarized No-Man's
Land
between Arab east Jerusalem and Israeli west
Jerusalem.
3 Apr 1949
Israeli - Jordanian
armistice, Jerusalem is divided East to West
along the Nov 1948 cease-fire lines. with several No
Man's Land
areas between them and two demilitarized zones.
13 Dec
1949
(West) Jerusalem proclaimed Israel's capital (enacted
23 Jan 1950).
24 Apr
1950
Jordan annexes East
Jerusalem.
27 Jul
1953
King Hussein of Jordan declares (East) Jerusalem to be
the
alternative capital of Jordan.
7 Jun
1967
Israel occupies East Jerusalem and the Old City.
28 Jun
1967
East Jerusalem is incorporated into the Israeli
municipality of
Jerusalem and the city limits are expanded.
30 Jul
1980
East Jerusalem is formally annexed by Israel.
31 Jul
1988
Jordan formally abandons its clais to East Jerusalem
and West Bank.
Governor of Jerusalem
1848 - 1863
Ahmad Agha Fadhelaldin Agha
Duzdar al-Asali
Mayors
1863 - 1867
Abdul al-Rahman Effendi Taha
al-Dajani al-Dawudi (1st time)
1867 - 1868
Rafadulo (Dimitri)
Astiriyadis
Effendi (1st time)
1868 - 1869
Abdul al-Rahman Effendi Taha
al-Dajani al-Dawudi (2nd time)
1869
Musa
Faydi al-'Alami
1869
Abdul al-Salam
ibn Abdul Su'ud
1870 - 1876
Yusuf Diya
Pasha al-Khalidi (b. 1829
- d. 1906)
(1st time)
1876 - 1877
Triumvirate
-
Abdul al-Qadir al-Khalidi Abu Huda
- Umar Abdul al-Salam Pasha
al-Husseini
- Salim Shakir al-Husseini
1877
Shahada Faydallah
al-'Alami
1877 - 1878
Rafadulo
(Dimitri) Astiriyadis
Effendi (2nd time)(acting)
Apr 1878 - Oct 1879
Yusuf Diya Pasha al-Khalidi
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1879
Salim Shakir al-Husseini
1879 - 1881
Musa Faidi
al-Alami
(d. 1881)
1882 - Oct 1897
Hussein
Salim Pasha al-Husseini (b.
1846 - d. 1908)
1897 - 1899
Yasin Effendi
al-Khalidi
(b. 1830 - d. 19..)
1899 - 1906
Yusuf Diya Pasha
al-Khalidi
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
1906 -
1909
Faidi
al-Alami
(b. 1865 - d. 1924)
1909 - 9 Dec
1917
Hussein Bey al-Husseini
(b.
18.. - d. 1918)
9 Dec 1917 - 27 Dec 1917
Bill
Borton
(b. 1870 - d. 1938) Mil
(British military governor)
28 Dec 1917 - 1 Jul 1920
Sir Ronald
Storrs
(b. 1881 - d. 1955) Mil
(British military governor)
1917 -
1918
Aref
al-Dajani
(b. 1856 - d. 1930)
Mar 1918 - Apr
1920 Musa
Kazim al-Husseini
(b. 1853 - d. 1934)
1920 -
1934
Raghib al-Nashashibi
(b. 1881 - d. 1951) HDW
1934 - Aug
1937
Hussein Fakhri
al-Khalidi
(b. 1895 - d. 1962) HI
Aug 1937 - 1 Oct 1938
Daniel Auster (1st
time)(acting) (b. 1893 - d.
1963) TK
1 Oct 1938 - 24 Aug 1944 Mustafa
al-Khalidi
(b. 1878 - d. 1944) HDW
Aug 1944 - Jul 1945
Daniel Auster (2nd
time)(acting) (s.a.)
TK
Jul 1945 - 1946
George Henry
Webster
(b. 1887 - d.
1955) Non-party
(chairman of municipal commission)
1946 - Jun 1947
John Hilton
Non-party
(chairman of municipal commission)
Jun 1947 - Apr 1948
Richard Massie Graves
(b. 1880 - d.
1960) Non-party
(chairman of municipal commission)
Apr 1948 - 28 May 1948
Jerusalem Municipal Council
(in Jewish quarter; in dissidence)
- of East
Jerusalem -
15 May 1948 -
Jul 1948 Ahmad Hilmi Abdul
Baqi
(b. 1878 - d. 1963) Mil
(military governor of Jerusalem)
Jul 1948 - Jun 1949
Abdullah Yousef al-Tall
(b.
1918 - d. 1973) Mil
(Jordanian military governor)
Oct 1948 -
1950
Anwar
al-Khatib
(b. 1911 - d. 1993) Non-party
1950 - Sep
1951
Aref al-Aref (1st time)
(b. 1891 - d. 1973) Non-party
Oct 1951 - Mar
1952 Hanna
'Atallah
Non-party
Mar 1952 -
1955
Omar Elwary (Wa'ari)
(b. 1903 -
d. 1972) Non-party
1955
Aref
al-Aref (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Non-party
1955 - Jan
1957
Municipal Committee
Jan 1957 - 29 Jun
1967 Ruhi
al-Khatib
(b. 1914 - d. 1994) Non-party
(did not
recognize dismissal by Israel, died 5 Jul 1994)
7 Jun 1967 - 28 Jun 1967
Shlomo "Chich"
Lahat
(b. 1927 - d. 2014) Mil
(Israeli military governor)
1994 - 2 Jan 1999
Amin
al-Majaj (acting to Jun 1995) (b. 1921 - d.
1999) PLO
(titular PLO mayor)
Jan 1996 - 16 Sep 2008
Jamil Othman Nasser
(b. 1945 - d. 2008)
PLO
(governor of Jerusalem district)
8 May 1996 - 31 May 2001 Faisal
Abdul Qader al-Husseini
(b. 1940 - d. 2001) Fatah/PLO
(holder of East Jerusalem portfolio, Palestinian
Authority)
1999 - 28 Apr 2019
Zaki Ali
Khader al-Ghul
(b. 1926 - d. 2019) PLO
(titular PLO mayor)
31 May 2001 - 29 Mar 2006 Sari
Nusseibeh
(b.
1949)
Fatah/PLO
(holder of East Jerusalem portfolio, Palestinian
Authority)
29 Mar 2006 - 29 May 2006
Khaled Abu
Arafa
(b. 1961)
Hamas
(minister for Jerusalem Affairs, Palestinian
Authority)
29 May 2006 - 14 Jun 2007
Mahmoud Tota
Hamas
(minister for Jerusalem Affairs, Palestinian
Authority)
2 Sep 2007 - 1 Jul 2009
Hatem Abdel Qader
(b. 1953)
Fatah/PLO
(special adviser to prime minister on Jerusalem
Affairs, Palestinian Authority to 19 May
2009;
from 19 May 2009 minister for Jerusalem
Affairs)
1 Jul 2009 - 16 May 2012 Salam
Fayyad
(b. 1952)
TWP
(acting minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Palestinian
Authority)
16 May 2012 - 31 Aug 2018 Adnan Ghaleb
al-Husayni
(b. 1947) PLO
(minister of Jerusalem
Affairs, Palestinian Authority)
31 Aug 2018
-
Adnan Adel Tawfiq
Ghaith
(b. 1978)
PLO
(governor of Jerusalem, Palestinian
Authority; Israeli
prisoner 20-22 Oct, 25 Nov - 2 Dec 2018, 19
Jul-4 Aug 2020)
- West (from 28 Jun 1967, Greater) Jerusalem -
Dec 1947 - Jan
1949 Dov
Joseph (Bernard Joseph)
(b. 1899 - d. 1980) Mil
(head of Jerusalem Emergency Committee to 1 Aug 1948,
then military governor of Occupied Area of
Jerusalem)
Jan 1949 -
1950
Daniel Auster (3rd time)
(s.a.)
TK
1950 -
1952
Shlomo Zalman
Shragai
(b. 1899 - d. 1995) HP
1952 - Apr
1955
Yitzhak
Kariv
(b. 1902 - d. 1999) MR
1955 - 1 Nov
1959
Gershon
Agron
(b. 1894 - d. 1959) Mapai
Nov 1959 - Nov
1965
Mordecai
Ish-Shalom
(b. 1902 - d. 1991) Mapai
Nov 1965 - Nov
1993 Theodor
"Teddy"
Kollek
(b. 1911 - d. 2007) Rafi/Avoda
Nov 1993 - 17 Feb
2003 Ehud
Olmert
(b.
1945)
Lik
17 Feb 2003 - 3 Dec
2008 Uri
Lupolianski
(b.
1951)
DT
(acting to Jun 2003)
3 Dec 2008 - 4 Dec 2018 Nir Barkat
(b. 1959)
TY
4 Dec 2018 -
Moshe
Lion
(b. 1961)
YS;12-10-18 Lik
Israeli Party abbreviations: Avoda
= Mifleget HaAvoda HaYisraelit (Israeli
Labor Party, center-left, social-democratic, labor
Zionist est.23 Jan 1968); DT
= Degel HaTorah (Banner of the Torah, Jewish
religious conservative, split from Agudat
Yisrael, est.1988); Lik
= HaLikud (The
Consolidation, conservative, nationalist, as
a coalition 1973-1988 led by Herut; a party from 1988);
TY = Yerushalayim
Tatzli'ah (Jerusalem Will Succeed, moderate, est.2003);
Mil = Military;
- Former Jewish parties:
H = Herut (Freedom
Movement, secular conservative, right-wing
nationalist, revisionist Zionist, 15 Jun
1948-1988, merged into Lik);
Mapai = Mifleget Poalei Eretz
Yisrael (Workers' Party of the Land of Israel,
socialist, left-wing, 1930-23 Jan 1968, merged into
Avoda); MR
= Mizrachi (Merkaz Ruhani
[Religious Centre] Party, religious Zionist,
1902-1956, merged with HP into Mafdal);
Rafi = Reshimat Poalei Yisrael
(Israeli Workers List, social democratic, center-left,
14 Jul 1965 - 23 Jan 1968, merged into Avoda);
TK = HaTzionim HaKlaliym
(General Zionists, center-right Zionist, liberal,
1922-8 May 1961, merged into Liberal Party); HP
= Hapoel HaMizrachi (Mizrachi Workers, religious
Zionist, 1922-1956, merged with MR into Mafdal); YS
= Yerushalayim Shelanu (Our Jerusalem,
2004-10 Dec 2018, merged into Lik)
Palestinian Party abbreviations:
Fatah = Harakat al-Tahrar
al-Filistini (Liberation Movement of Palestine, Palestinian
nationalist, social-democratic, secular,
est.1965); Hamas = Harakat
al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (Islamic Resistance
Movement, islamic fundamentalist, est.1987);
PLO = Munazzamat
at-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah (Palestinian Liberation
Organization, umbrella group for Palestinian
liberation movements, includes Fatah, est.1964);
TWP = al-Tariq
al-Thalith (The Third Way, centrist, est.2005);
- Former Arab parties:
HDW = Hazb al-defa al Watany (National
Defense Party, Arab Palestinian pro-independence,
Dec 1934-1949?); HI =
Hizb-al-Islah (Reform Party, pro-Arab self-government,
anti-Zionist, 23 Jun 1935-1 Oct 1937)
No Man's Land
Headquarters: Government House
(Jerusalem) |
UNTSO Force: 380 (2023)
|
29 May
1948
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
created
by the UN Security Council Resolution 50.
7 Oct
1948
Neutral Zone around Government House in Jerusalem is
transferred to UNTSO protection.
5 - 6 Jun 1967
Jordanian forces occupy Government
House.
5 Jun
1967
Israel occupies the Jerusalem Neutral Zone.
Heads of Mission and Chiefs of
Staff, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
(UNTSO)
11 Jun 1948 - Jul 1948 Count
Thord C. Bonde (Sweden) (b. 1900
- d. 1969)
Jul 1948 - Sep
1948 Aage
Lundström (Sweden)
(b. 1890 - d. 1975)
Sep 1948 - Jun
1953 William
E. Riley (U.S.)
(b. 1897 - d. 1970)
Jun 1953 - Aug
1954 Vagn
Bennike (Denmark)
(b. 1888 - d. 1970)
Aug 1954 - Nov
1956 Eedeson
Louis Millard
Burns
(b. 1897 - d. 1985)
(Canada)
Nov 1956 - Mar
1958 Byron
V. Leary (U.S.)(acting)
(b. 1916 - d. 2016)
Mar 1958 - Jul
1960 Carl C.
von Horn (Sweden)(1st time) (b. 1903 - d. 1989)
Jul 1960 - 31 Dec 1960
Robert W. Richert (U.S.)
(acting) (b. 1912 - d. 1995)
1 Jan 1961 - 31 May 1963 Karl C. von
Horn (Sweden)(2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jun 1963 - 31 Jul 1970 Odd Bull
(Norway)
(b. 1907 - d. 1991)
1 Aug 1970 - 31 Oct 1973 Ensio P.H.
Siilasvuo (Finland) (b. 1922 - d.
2001)
1 Nov 1973 - 31 Mar 1974 Richard Watson
Bunworth (Ireland) (b. 1918 - d. 1992)
(acting)
1 Jun 1974 - Aug 1975
Bengt Liljestrand (Sweden)
(b. 1919 - d. 2000)
Aug 1975 - Dec
1975 Keith
Desmond Howard (Australia) (b. 1920 - d.
2010)
(acting)
Jan 1976 - Apr
1978
Emmanuel Alexander Erskine (Ghana) (b. 1935 - d.
2021)
(1st time)
Apr 1978 - Jun
1979 William
Callaghan (Ireland) (b.
1921 - d. 2015)
(1st time)(acting)
Jun 1979 - 31 Jan 1980 Erik
Olof Forsgren (Sweden) (acting)(b. 1930 - d. 2006)
1 Feb 1980 - Feb 1981
Erkki Rainer Kaira (Finland)
(b. 1926 - d. 1991)
Feb 1981 - May
1986
Emmanuel Alexander Erskine (Ghana) (s.a.)
(2nd time)
May 1986 - Jun
1987 William
Callaghan (Ireland) (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Jun 1987 - Oct
1990 Martin
Olav Vadset (Norway) (b.
1930 - d. 2018)
Oct 1990 - Oct 1992
Hans Christensen (Finland)
(b. 1942)
Oct 1992 - Dec
1993 Krishna
Narayan Singh Thapa (Nepal) (b. 1939)
Dec 1993 - Apr 1994 John
Arthur Fisher (New Zealand) (b. 1943 - d.
2018)
Apr 1994 - Jun
1995 A.L.
"Luc" Bujold (Canada)(acting)
12 Jun 1995 - 26 Jun 1995 Harold McKinney
(U.S.)(acting)
26 Jun 1995 - Sep 1995 Jaakko
Taneli Oksanen (Finland) (b. 1948)
1 Oct 1995 - 31 Mar 1998 Rufus Modupe
Kupolati (Nigeria) (b. 1946 -
d. 2005)
1 Apr 1998 - 31 Mar 2000 Timothy
Roger Ford (Australia)
(b. 1945)
1 Apr 2000 - Mar
2002 Franco Ganguzza
(Italy)
(b. 1943)
Apr 2002 - 30 Sep 2004 Carl
Anthony Dodd (Ireland)
(b. 1942? - d. 2018)
2 Oct 2004 - 30 Nov 2006 Clive Lilley
(New
Zealand)
(b. 1953)
1 Dec 2006 - 15 Jan 2009 Ian Campbell
Gordon (Australia) (b. 1952)
20 Jan 2009 - Feb 2011 Robert Mood
(Norway)
(b. 1958)
25 Mar 2011 - 30 Jun 2013 Juha Kilpiä (Finland)
(b.
1953)
1 Jul 2013 - 31 Jul 2015 Michael Finn
(Ireland)
(b. 1953)
1 Aug 2015 - 19 Oct 2017 Arthur David Gawn
(New Zealand) (b. 1958)
19 Oct 2017 - 21 Oct 2019 Kristin
Lund (f)
(Norway)
(b. 1958)
22 Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
Michael Scott
(Australia)(acting)
(b. 1974?)
Nov 2019 - 24 Dec
2021
Alan Doyle (Ireland)
(acting)
(officer-in-charge head
of mission)
24 Dec 2021
-
Patrick
Gauchat
(Switzerland)
(b. 1968)
French National Domain in the Holy Land (French Territories in
Jerusalem)
-
18 Feb 1536
King Francis I of France signs the
Treaty of Capitulations with
Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. The
treaty, followed by
others, gives the France the protection of Christian
holy places
of the Ottoman Empire (protection was expanded in 1740
both
individually and collectively to cover all the members
of the
clergy adhering to the Latin (Catholic) rite settled
in the
Levant.
1621 -
1625
Jean Lempereur is French consul for Jerusalem.
1694 -
1699
Under the French consul for Palestine, Galilée,
Samarie et Judée
based in Syria
1699 - 1714
French consuls resident in Jerusalem.
1776 - 1790
Under French consul-general for Syrie et la
Palestine resident in
Sidon (Seyde).
29 Dec
1842
French consulate in Jerusalem is re-established.
1 Nov 1856
Church of Saint Anne
(Église Sainte-Anne),
located in the Old City
of Jerusalem, close to the Lion's Gate near the
presumed site
of the Pool of Bethesda, is given to France by Ottoman
Sultan
Abdülmecid I following the Crimean War
(Domaine National Français
en Terre Sainte), National Domain of
France in Holy Land.
25 Feb 1873
Site of Abbey of Abou Gosh
(Abbaye Sainte-Marie de la Résurrection
d'Abu Gosh), today
located in Israeli territory, is given to
France by the Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz I.
The Monastery is founded
in 1900.
13 Jul
1878
Article 62 of the Treaty of Berlin (between U.K.,
Austria-Hungary,
France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and the Ottoman
Empire) states
"The rights possessed by France are expressly
reserved, and it is
well understood that no alterations can be made in the
status quo
in the Holy Places" (ratified 28 Aug 1878).
20 Jan 1886
Tombs of the Kings (Tombeau
des Rois), actually the tomb of Queen
Helena (Heleni HaMalka) of
Adiabene (which was bought
by the
Péreire family 23 Apr 1874), located
by Saladin Street in (East)
Jerusalem near the Damascus Gate,
is donated to France.
4 May 1889
Monastery of
Eleona (Monastère de
l'Eléona)(also called
Church of
Pater Noster [Église du
Pater Noster]), located on Mount of
Olives in (East) Jerusalem and
purchased in Nov 1856 by Héloïse-
Aurélie Marie Bourg, princesse de La Tour
d'Auvergne (b. 1809 -
d. 1889)(convent opened 15 Oct 1874
above the cave of the teaching
of the Pater Noster), is donated 1868
to France upon her death.
8 Nov
1901
By Mytilene Agreement,
the Ottoman Sultan acknowledges the
legal
existence of all schools and
institutions that depended on France
in the Holy Land.
1 Oct
1914
Ottoman Empire abolishes all
capitulations, commercial and
institutional treaties granting Allied (French)
citizens
individual and religious freedom (announced 8 Sep
1914).
21 Oct 1914 - Oct 1918 French Consulate
in Jerusalem closes during to World War I. French
interests left under the protection of the Consul of
Spain,
Antonio Plácido de la Cierva y Lewit, conde de
Ballobar (b. 1885 -
d. 1971).
25 Apr 1920
At San Remo Conference France recognizes
British mandate over
Palestine understanding that "nothing shall be done
which may
prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing
non-Jewish
communities", effectively ending the French religious
protectorate
over the "Latin" Christian communities in the Holy
Land (confirmed
by the Treaty of Lausanne 24 Jul 1923, effective 6 Aug
1924).
10 Jul 1940 - 28 May 1941
Consul-general loyal to "Vichy" France.
23 Jul 1941 - 1945 Consul-general
loyal to the "Free" France.
6 Sep 1948 - 31 Jan 1949 Chauvel-Fischer
letters - Israel recognizes France's status quo and
ownership over various "national estates" in Jerusalem
and Abu
Gosh (France de facto recognizes the State of Israel
on 12 Jan
1949 and recognizes it de jure 21 May 1949).
Dec 1997
Laboulaye-Middein accord
with the Palestinian Authority allows
France to continue protecting Catholic French or
French origin
Catholic institutions that depend on it in the
Palestinian
territories.
French Consuls in Jerusalem
29 Dec 1842 - 1844
Gabriel Marie Jean Benoit, comte (b.
1792 - d. 1866)
de Lantivy de Kerveno
1 Dec 1844 - 11 Dec 1845 Edmond
de Barrère (1st
time) (b. 1819 -
d. 1908)
(manager)
11 Dec 1845 - 1848?
Joseph
Marie François Hélouis- (b.
1796 - d. 1867)
Jorelle
14 Apr 1848 - Jul 1855 Paul Émile Botta
(b. 1802 - d. 1870)
(consul-general from 13 May 1855)
Aug 1851 - May
1852
Alphonse Henri Séraphin Lequeux (b.
1824 - d. ....)
(drogman - chancelier, gérant le consulat général)
(manager)
26 May 1852 -
1855 Jacques
Alfred Chatry de la Fosse (b. 1807 - d.
1893)
(not installed)
15 Jun 1855 - 1871
Edmond de Barrère (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
May 1857 - May 1858 Paul
Joseph Gérardy-Saintine
(b. 1798 - d. 1865)
(manager)
1 Oct 1868 - 17 Feb 1872 Joseph Adam
Sienkiewicz (manager) (b. 1836 - d. 1898)
(consul gérant)
1 Apr 1870 - 16 Jun 1874 Gustave
Laffon (manager)
(b. 1835 - d. 1906)
(drogman, gérant le consulat général)
3 Jul 1871 - 1873
Louis-Ernest Crampon
(b. 1829 - d. 19..)
(not installed)
29 Nov 1874 - 1881
Salvator Patrimonio
(b. 1836 - d. 1915)
1 Apr 1881 - 15 May 1883 Aimé
Adrien Langlais
(b. 1840 - d. 1883)
29 May 1883 - 1884
Charles Ferdinand Destrées
(b. 1834 - d. 1904)
31 Dec 1884 - 1885
Lucien Illuminé
Monge
(b. 1835 - d. 1898)
18 Jun 1885 - 26 Oct 1891 Charles Fortuné Louis
Alexandre (b. 1844 - d. 1898)
Ledoulx
Consuls-general in
Jerusalem (title Consuls
Généraux de France à Jérusalem)
26 Oct 1891 - 10 Jan 1898 Charles Fortuné
Louis Alexandre (s.a.)
Ledoulx
27 Jan 1898 - 1901
Pierre Jean-Baptiste Ernest Auzépy (b.
1856 - d. 1910)
10 Aug 1901 - 1902
Pierre Honoré Marius Daumas
(b. 1843 - d. 19..)
28 Aug 1902 - 1904
Auguste Boppe (acting)
(b. 1862 - d. 1921)
(secrétaire d'ambassade
chargé du consulate général)
28 Dec 1904 - 1908
Alexandre Georges Outrey
(b. 1847 - d. 1931)
14 Apr 1908 - 21 Oct 1914 Georges Félix
Gueyraud
(b. 1857 - d. 1936)
21 Oct 1914 - Oct 1918 Vacant
[French interests confided to
Spanish consulate]
Oct 1918 -
1919
Pierre Marie André Durieux (consul)(b. 1884 - d. 1947)
(delegate of François Georges-Picot High
Commissioner of France in Syria-Palestine to
the British High Command)
1 Jun 1919 - 1924
Louis Joseph Henri Rais
(b. 1868 - d. 1948)
(acts as a delegate of the High Commissioner
of the French Republic)
20 Jan 1924 - 1925
François Gustave Gaston Maugras (b. 1884
- d. 1965)
(acting)
31 Dec 1925 - 1928
Léon Alphonse Doire
(b.
1868 - d. 19..)
2 Oct 1928 - 1937
Jacques d'Aumale
(b.
1886 - d. 1978)
(acting to 1934)
1 Dec 1937 - 28 May 1941 Amédée Outrey
(acting)
(b. 1892 - d. 1962)
(de facto from 5 Jul 1940)
28 May 1941 - 23 Jul 1941 Vacant
23 Jul 1941 - 5 Aug 1942 Henri
Zimmermann (acting)
(vice-consul and provisional delegate of Free
France in Palestine and Transjordan [délégué
provisoire de la France libre en Palestine et
en Transjordanie])
5 Aug 1942 - 11 Apr 1946 Marie Félix Elie
Guy du Chaylard, (b. 1879 - d.
1955)
comte du Chalard
(consul-general and delegate
of Free France
in Palestine and Transjordan)
11 Apr 1946 - 23 Jun 1952
René Neuville
(b.
1899 - d. 1952)
3 Jul 1952 - 1954
Bertrand Edmond Rochereau de
La (b. 1903 - d. 1987)
Sablière
22 Feb 1955 - 1957
Marcel Marie Augustin Laforge
(b. 1895 - d. 1980)
24 Dec 1957 - 1959
André Brozen-Favereau
(b. 1907 - d. 1989)
20 Jan 1960 - 1963
Christian Marcotte de Sainte-Marie (b. 1902 -
d. 1985)
16 Apr 1963 - 1966
Lucien-Pierre Lemoine
26 May 1966 - 1970
Christian Fouache d'Halloy
(b. 1905 - d. 2003)
22 Jun 1970 - 1975
Paul Antoine René
Henry
(b. 1917 - d. 1993)
13 Dec 1975 - 1978
Pierre Henri Daniel Bitard
(b. 1924 - d. 2002)
1978 - 1982
Bernard Jean Marie
Lopinot (b. 1923 - d.
1998)
1 Sep 1982 - 1986
Jean-François Guéguinou
(b. 1941 - d.
2021)
1986 - 1988
Jean–Claude Cousseran
(b.
1944)
1988 - 1991
Gilles Alain Marie
d'Humières (b. 1943)
15 Oct 1991 - 1995
Jean Wladimirovitch de
Gliniasty (b. 1948)
3 Jan 1996 - 1999
Stanislas François Jean
Lefebvre (b. 1946)
de Laboulaye
12 Oct 1999 - 2002
Denis Pietton
(b. 1956 - d. 2015)
30 Aug 2002 - 2005
Régis Koetschet
(b.
1949)
31 May 2005 - 2009
Alain Rémy
(b. 1952)
29 Apr 2009 - 2013
Frédéric Desagneaux
(b. 1957)
4 Jul 2013 - 2016
Hervé Magro
(b. 1960)
20 Sep 2016 - 2019
Pierre Cochard
(b. 1962)
24 Sep 2019 - Aug 2023 René Troccaz
(b. 1959)
25 Aug 2023 -
Nicolas Kassianides
(b. 1978)
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