Elias Bandak
Elias Issa Bandak 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.