Jamal Al Shobaki جمال الشوبكي | |
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Palestinian Ambassador to Morocco | |
Assumed office 26 January 2018 | |
Palestinian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia | |
In office 2006–2013 | |
Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt | |
In office 2014–2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Jamal Abdul Latif Saleh Al Shobaki 1952 Idhna |
Nationality | Palestinian |
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.
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]
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