Jamal_Al_Shobaki

Jamal Al Shobaki

Jamal Al Shobaki

Palestinian politician and diplomat

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.

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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, he 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 the Minister of Youth and Sports and Local Government in Palestinian Authority Government of October 2003.[4][5]

He was appointed 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 he was also ambassador to Egypt between 2014 and 2017.[9]

He was 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

  1. [1]
    "PASSIA – SHOBAKI, JAMAL ABDUL LATIF (-)". Passia.org. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    General election results 1996 https://www.elections.ps/Portals/30/pdf/1996_GeneralElectionsResults_AR.pdf. Retrieved 10 December 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. [3]
    The PA Ministerial Cabinet List April 2003 – October 2003 Jerusalem Media and Communications Centre. Archived on 15 December 2003
  4. [4]
    Arafat swears in new Palestinian prime minister and Cabinet. Mohammed Daraghmeh, Associated Press, 7 October 2003
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    The PA Ministerial Cabinet List—Emergency Cabinet October 2003 – November 2003. JMCC. Archived on 5 September 2006
  6. [6]
    The PA Ministerial Cabinet List November 2003 Jerusalem Media and Communications Centre. Archived on 3 December 2003
  7. [7]
    "أعضاء المجلس الثوري لحركة فتح". Tirawi.ps. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  8. [8]
    "العاهل السعودي يستقبل السفير الفلسطيني لدى المملكة الذي قدّم له أوراق إعتماده". وكالة وفا. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  9. [9]
    "الشوبكي يقدم أوراق اعتماده لوزير الخارجية المصري". وكالة وفا. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  10. [10]
    "السفير الشوبكي يقدم أوراق اعتماده للعاهل المغربي". وكالة وفا للأنباء. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

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