Ali Jerbi
Ali Jerbi | |
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Libyan Minister of Defence | |
In office 24 December 1951 – 18 February 1954 | |
Prime Minister | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
Preceded by | Omar Faiek Shennib (Before independence) |
Succeeded by | |
Interim Foreign Minister of Libya | |
In office 29 March – 24 December 1951 | |
Prime Minister | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
Preceded by | none |
Succeeded by | Mahmud al-Muntasir (After independence) |
Interim Health Minister of Libya | |
In office 29 March – 17 April 1951 | |
Prime Minister | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
Preceded by | none |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Osman Said |
Interim Justice Minister of Libya | |
In office 17 April – 24 December 1951 | |
Prime Minister | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
Preceded by | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
Succeeded by | (After independence) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1903 Derna |
Died | 19 April 1969 | (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[]
- ^ a b c "باقات ليبية: علي إبراهيم الجربى... أحد بناة الدولة الليبية". baqatlibyah.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
- ^ Salem el Kebti, "Libia..Maseerat al Istiqlal…Watha'iq Mahalliya wa Dawliya", Part 3, ad-Dar al-Arabiya lil Uloum Nashiroun, 1st ed., 2012.
- People from Derna, Libya
- 1903 births
- 1969 deaths
- Ambassadors of Libya to Turkey
- Ambassadors of Libya to France
- Defence ministers of Libya