Ali Jerbi

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

Ali Jerbi
Libyan Minister of Defence
In office
24 December 1951 – 18 February 1954
Prime MinisterMahmud al-Muntasir
Preceded byOmar Faiek Shennib (Before independence)
Succeeded byKhalil el-Gallal
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 byFathi el-Kikhia (After independence)
Personal details
Born1903
Derna
Died19 April 1969(1969-04-19) (aged 66)

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 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.[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. "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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