Ali Jerbi

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Ali Jerbi
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Libyan Minister of Defence
In office
24 December 1951 – 18 February 1954
Prime MinisterMahmud al-Muntasir
Preceded byOmar Faiek Shennib (Before independence)
Succeeded by
Interim Foreign Minister of Libya
In office
29 March – 24 December 1951
Prime MinisterMahmud al-Muntasir
Preceded bynone
Succeeded byMahmud al-Muntasir (After independence)
Interim Health Minister of Libya
In office
29 March – 17 April 1951
Prime MinisterMahmud al-Muntasir
Preceded bynone
Succeeded byMuhammad Osman Said
Interim Justice Minister of Libya
In office
17 April – 24 December 1951
Prime MinisterMahmud al-Muntasir
Preceded byMahmud al-Muntasir
Succeeded by (After independence)
Personal details
Born1903
Derna
Died19 April 1969(1969-04-19) (aged 66)

Ali al-Jerbi (Arabic: علي الجربي) (1903–1969) was a Libyan politician. He was the first defence minister of Libya after independence.

Personal life[]

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]

Career[]

Before independence[]

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).

Defence minister[]

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 , 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.[1]

Ambassador[]

He became the Libyan ambassador to Turkey and non-resident ambassador in Iraq from 1954 to 1961. He became ambassador to France 1961–1967.[1]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c "باقات ليبية: علي إبراهيم الجربى... أحد بناة الدولة الليبية". baqatlibyah.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  2. ^ Salem el Kebti, "Libia..Maseerat al Istiqlal…Watha'iq Mahalliya wa Dawliya", Part 3, ad-Dar al-Arabiya lil Uloum Nashiroun, 1st ed., 2012.
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