Yousef Shawarbeh

Yousef Shawarbeh (born 1968^[1]) is a Jordanian politician, the 40th and current mayor of Amman, Jordan since 2017.

Yousef Shawarbeh
Mayor of Amman
Incumbent
Assumed office August 2017
Deputy Mayor of Amman
In office 2013–2016
Minister of Political Development and Parliamentary Affairs
In office 2016–2016
Chairman of Amman Municipal Committee
In office March 2017 – August 2017

Early life and education

Shawarbeh holds a master's degree in law.

Career

Shawarbeh was a member of the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) and headed Tareq neighbourhood's local committee.^[1] He was appointed deputy mayor of the GAM in September 2013^[1] and mayor Amman in August 2017.^[2][3] In March 2022, the Cabinet renewed his mayoral mandate.^[4]

In 2023, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Shawarbeh to his Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments, co-chaired by Pilar Cancela Rodríguez and Fatimatou Abdel Malick.^[5]