| Ali Jerbi | |
| Order: | Libyan Minister of Defence |
| Primeminister: | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
| Term Start: | 24 December 1951 |
| Term End: | 18 February 1954 |
| Predecessor: | Omar Faiek Shennib (Before independence) |
| Successor: | Khalil el-Gallal |
| Order2: | Interim Foreign Minister of Libya |
| Primeminister2: | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
| Term Start2: | 29 March |
| Term End2: | 24 December 1951 |
| Predecessor2: | none |
| Successor2: | Mahmud al-Muntasir (After independence) |
| Order3: | Interim Health Minister of Libya |
| Primeminister3: | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
| Term Start3: | 29 March |
| Term End3: | 17 April 1951 |
| Predecessor3: | none |
| Successor3: | Muhammad Osman Said |
| Order4: | Interim Justice Minister of Libya |
| Primeminister4: | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
| Predecessor4: | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
| Successor4: | Fathi el-Kikhia (After independence) |
| Term Start4: | 17 April |
| Term End4: | 24 December 1951 |
| Birth Date: | 1903 |
| Birth Place: | Derna |
Ali al-Jerbi (Arabic: علي الجربي) (1903–1969) was a Libyan politician. He was the first defence minister of Libya after independence.
Jerbi was born in Derna, Libya. In 1911 he studied in Turkey, then part of the Ottoman empire. He lived in Istanbul until 1923, when he returned and worked as a teacher. He died in April 1969.[1]
He held the post of Minister of Transport of Cyrenaica emirate from September 1949 – July 1950. He then entered the interim government (headed by Mahmud al-Muntasir), where he served as Foreign minister (March–December 1951), Health minister (March–April 1951) and Justice minister (April–December 1951).
He became minister for defence in the first cabinet formed after independence from December 1951 to February 1954.[2]
He'd aimed during his term to establish the Libyan Army from the surviving members of the Senussi force, who fought with the western allies in World War II. He gave recruits military scholarships to Iraq and Turkey for military training, established the military academy in Benghazi.
He became the Libyan ambassador to Turkey and non-resident ambassador in Iraq from 1954 to 1961. He became ambassador to France 1961–1967.