Ghassan Shakaa was appointed to the mayoral position by which political leader?
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Ghassan Shakaa Ghassan Shakaa (Arabic: غسان الشكعة‎ ‎ , Ghassān Shak’ā ) (born 1943) is the mayor of Nablus since October 2012, one of the largest cities in the West Bank. Another former Nablus mayor, Bassam Shaka, is his uncle. Shakaa was appointed to his position by Yasser Arafat. His brother was assassinated by a still unknown group. Shakaa published an open letter in which he called for the Palestinian National Authority to restore order to his politically divided city.
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Yasser Arafat Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa ( ; Arabic: محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات‎ ‎ ‎ ; 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat (Arabic: ياسر عرفات‎ ‎  , "Yāsir `Arafāt ") or by his kunya Abu Ammar (Arabic: أبو عمار‎ ‎  , "'Abū `Ammār "), was a Palestinian political leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. Ideologically an Arab nationalist, he was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004.
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Mayor of Johannesburg The Mayor of Johannesburg is the chief executive of the City Council and the highest elected position in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. The current mayor of the city is Herman Mashaba.
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List of mayors of Alexandria, Virginia Mayors of Alexandria, Virginia serve as the Chief Executive of the independent City of Alexandria, Virginia. Elected at large by the voters of the city, the Mayor serves a three-year term. The current mayor is Allison Silberberg.
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Bassam Shakaa Bassam Shakaa (Arabic: بسّام الشكعة‎ ‎ , Bassām Shak’ā ) (born 1930) was elected mayor of Nablus in 1976.
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Chen Jianhua Chen Jianhua (; born March 1956) is the current Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou People's Congress in the People's Republic of China. He was served as mayor of Guangzhou. Chen was appointed acting mayor on 20 November 2011 following the resignation of Wan Qingliang. He was elected mayor on 11 January 2012.
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Syed Mustafa Kamal Syed Mustafa Kamal (Urdu:) (born: December 27, 1971) is a Pakistani politician who is founder and current leader of Pak Sarzameen Party. He was the Senator in the Senate of Pakistan and served as the Mayor (Nazim) of the Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, Pakistan. He was previously affiliated with the Pakistani liberalist party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)
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Mayor of Faisalabad Nazim-e-Faisalabad (Urdu: ) is the Mayor who heads the Faisalabad Municipal Corporation (FMC) which controls the Local Government system of Faisalabad.
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