Jamal Al Shobaki
Palestinian politician and diplomat
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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.
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 and 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 then appointed Minister of Youth and Sports and Local Government in Palestinian Authority Government of October 2003[4][5] and 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 ambassador to Egypt between 2014 and 2017.[9] He was later 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]
