Elias Bandak

Palestinian politician

Elias Issa Bandak (Arabic: إلياس بندك) (c.1911 – 26 April 1972) was the mayor of Bethlehem from 1950–52, 1952–57, and from 1964-72, serving three separate terms. He succeeded his cousin Issa Basil Bandak.^[1] Bandak was a Palestinian Christian.

Bandak died of cancer on 26 April 1972, aged 61.^[2]

See also

• Palestinian Christians

References

1. Former mayors of Bethlehem Archived 2020-04-10 at the Wayback Machine Bethlehem Municipality.
2. "Elias Bandak Dies". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 1 February 2023.