Jamal Al Shobaki Explained

Jamal Al Shobaki
Office:Palestinian Ambassador to Morocco
Term Start:26 January 2018
Birth Name:Jamal Abdul Latif Saleh Al Shobaki
Birth Date:1952
Birth Place:Idhna
Nationality:Palestinian
Office1:Palestinian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Office2:Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt
Term Start1:2006
Term End1:2013
Term Start2:2014
Term End2:2017

Jamal Abdul Latif Saleh Al Shobaki, (Arabic: جمال عبد اللطيف صالح الشوبكي; Born on 1952 in the city of Idhna) is a Palestinian politician, diplomat and member of Fatah.

Life

Al Shobaki was born in the town of Idhna in the Hebron Governorate during the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank to a Palestinian family who immigrated from the village of Beit Jibreen (destroyed during the 1948 war) in the Hebron district. He holds a BA in Geography from Beirut Arab University.[1]

In 1996, Shobaki won 24,346 votes in the Palestinian general elections and became a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.[2]

He was appointed Minister of Local Government in Palestinian Authority Government of April 2003.[3] He was then appointed Minister of Youth and Sports and Local Government in Palestinian Authority Government of October 2003[4] [5] and Minister of Local Government in Palestinian Authority Government of November 2003.[6]

He was a member of the Palestinian Revolutionary Council between 2009 and 2016.[7]

Al Shobaki was ambassador to Saudi Arabia between 2006 and 2013[8] and ambassador to Egypt between 2014 and 2017.[9] He was later appointed ambassador of the State of Palestine to Morocco. On 26 January 2018, he presented his official credentials to the Moroccan King Mohammed VI.[10]

See also

References

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/01/world/palestinian-seeks-reform-by-following-the-money.html

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PASSIA – SHOBAKI, JAMAL ABDUL LATIF (-). 10 December 2020. Passia.org.
  2. Web site: ﻨﺘﺎﺌﺞ ﺍﻻﻨﺘﺨﺎﺒﺎﺕ ﺍﻟﻔﻠﺴﻁﻴﻨﻴﺔ ﺍﻷﻭﻟﻰ . 10 December 2020. General election results 1996.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20031215210945/http://www.jmcc.org/politics/pna/newpagov03.htm The PA Ministerial Cabinet List April 2003 – October 2003
  4. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/515037073/Arafat-swears-in-new-Palestinian-prime-minister-and-Cabinet.html?pg=all Arafat swears in new Palestinian prime minister and Cabinet
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20060905105931/http://jmcc.org/politics/pna/newemerggov03.htm The PA Ministerial Cabinet List—Emergency Cabinet October 2003 – November 2003
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20031203022645/http://www.jmcc.org/politics/pna/pagovnov03.htm The PA Ministerial Cabinet List November 2003
  7. Web site: أعضاء المجلس الثوري لحركة فتح. 10 December 2020. Tirawi.ps. 24 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200824163212/http://www.tirawi.ps/ar/fateh/1120.html. dead.
  8. Web site: العاهل السعودي يستقبل السفير الفلسطيني لدى المملكة الذي قدّم له أوراق إعتماده. 10 December 2020. وكالة وفا.
  9. Web site: الشوبكي يقدم أوراق اعتماده لوزير الخارجية المصري. 10 December 2020. وكالة وفا.
  10. Web site: السفير الشوبكي يقدم أوراق اعتماده للعاهل المغربي. 10 December 2020. وكالة وفا للأنباء.