Amin Abd al-Hadi was the former head of the Supreme Muslim Council

Supreme Muslim Council

The Supreme Muslim Council was the highest body in charge of Muslim community affairs in Mandate Palestine under British control. It was established to create an advisory body composed of Muslims and Christians with whom the High Commissioner could consult...

. Originally a member of the Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

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 parliament, but was later appointed by the British Mandate authorities to a provisional advisory council which served as a legislative body in Palestine

Palestine

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 dealing with self-government issues in May 1923. In 1929, he was elected a member of the Supreme Muslim Council. He later succeeded Amin al-Husayni as head of the council after Jordan

Jordan

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 appointed him the position on December 20, 1948. He moved to Cairo

Cairo

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in the late 1960s and died there in 1967.