Anwar Khatib

Anwar al-Khatib (Arabic: أنور الخطيب; 1917–1993) was a Palestinian politician based in Jerusalem.

Khatib was born in Hebron, Palestine, towards the end of the Ottoman Caliphate.

He started his political career as a lawyer at the Palestine Higher Islamic Council.

He then headed a municipal executive committee between 1949 and 1950, when he was mayor of East Jerusalem, but was replaced to find someone more experienced in Palestinian tribal history.

Due to Jordan not formally annexing the West Bank until April 24, 1950, Khatib inherited civil authorities of Palestine, but he subsequently served district commissioner of Old Jerusalem, carrying out administrative duties under the Jordanian government, after being appointed by Abdullah I of Jordan.