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{{Short description|Palestinian politician and academic}}

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Jenin, West Bank, State of Palestine>Palestine|death_date =|death_place =Palestinian people>Palestinian|party = Independent|national awards =|spouse = Tafeeda Jarbawi|children = 3Ramallah, State of Palestine>Palestine|alma_mater = University of Cincinnati|profession = Academic, Cabinet Minister|cabinet = Palestinian National Authority 13th Government|committees =|portfolio =|signature =|website =|footnotes =}}Ali Jarbawi (; born January 30, 1954) is the former Minister of Planning and Administrative Development and the former Minister of Higher Education of the Government of the Palestinian National Authority.Members of the Palestinian 13th government {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213002509www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/site/445/default.aspx |date=2010-02-13 }}, Official website of the Palestinian Authority Government. Prior to this appointment he worked in government as a special adviser to the Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and supervised the preparation of the Palestinian Reform and Development Plan 2008-10 (PRDP).Critical on the PRDP: Adam Hanieh: Class and State in the West Bank. Neoliberalism under Occupation. In:Adam Hanieh, Lineages ef Revolt. Issues of Contemporary Capitalism in the Middle East, Haymerked Books, 2013.Minister of Planning Profile {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501123220www.mop-gov.ps/minister.php |date=2012-05-01 }}, the official website of the Ministry. He was General Director of the Palestinian Independent Center for Citizens’ Rights from 1997 to 2000, and worked as Secretary General and Executive Director of the Central Elections’ Commission from 2002 to 2004.The Electoral Knowledge Project.

Academic career

Jarbawi joined the faculty of political science at Birzeit University in 1981, after receiving his PhD in political science from the University of Cincinnati, and was awarded professorship in 1996. He has held a variety of senior posts at Birzeit University, including dean of the faculty of law and public administration, dean of students’ affairs, director of the Ibrahim Abu Loghod Institute for International Studies, director of the Center for Researches and Studies, and head of Middle East Department.Academic Staff Bio {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616141845home.birzeit.edu/giis/program/acadstaff.html |date=2010-06-16 }}, Birzeit University Institute of International Studies.Dr. Jarbawi also holds two master’s degrees, in public administration and in political science, and a bachelor’s degree in sociology.

Published writings (partial list)

• Overcoming the Crisis: Towards a new Palestinian Strategy (Ramallah: Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies, 2001)
• Toward an Electoral System for the Democratic State of Palestine, co-author, (Ramallah: Muwatin, 2001)
• Teaching Human Rights: A Manual for School Teachers (Jerusalem: UNRWA Publications, 2001)
• The Legal Structure and Democratic Transformation in Palestine (Ramallah: Muwatin, 1999).
• “Building the Institutions of Civil Society in Palestine”, in The Palestinian Situation Thirty Years After 1967 (Amman: Abdel-Hamid Shuman Foundation, 1998).
• “Civil Society in Palestine: The Need for a Reassessment”, in Civil Society and Democratic Transformation in Palestine (Ramallah: Muwatin, 1995).
• What Type of Local Government Do We Need? The Palestinian Case (Nablus: PCSR, 1996).
• Critical Review of the Palestinian Developmental Experience (Ramallah: Palestinian Studies Project, 1991).
• The Palestinian Universities: A Critical Review (Jerusalem: Arab Studies Society, 1986).

References

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External links

• Official site of the Ministry of Planning
• The Palestinian Reform and Development Plan(PRDP), 2008–2010
• Who are the members of the Palestinian new cabinet?, Maan News Agency.

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