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Elias Bandak
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mayor of bethlehem from 1951-52”. Today it says “palestinian politician who was the mayor of bethlehem from 1951–1952”.
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Elias Issa Bandak ( Arabic : إلياس بندك ) (c. 1911 – 26 April 1972) was a Palestinian politician who was the mayor of Bethlehem from 1951–1952, 1953–1957, and 1962–1972, serving three separate terms. He succeeded his cousin Issa Basil Bandak . Bandak was a Palestinian Christian . Bandak died of cancer on 26 April 1972 at aged 61.
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mayor of bethlehem from 1951-52
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palestinian politician who was the mayor of bethlehem from 1951–1952
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