Daniel Auster

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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. 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: Daniel Auster
Preceded by: Daniel Auster	Mayor of Jerusalem 1949–1951	Succeeded by: Zalman Shragai

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The American writer Paul Auster is a relative of Daniel Auster.