Ahmad Jarba (Arabic: أحمد عوينان العاصي الجربا), born in the city of Qamishli in 1969, is a Syrian opposition leader and former political prisoner. He is a public opponent of Bashar al-Assad and between 6 July 2013 and 11 July 2014 he was President of the Syrian National Coalition, which is the main coalition of opposition groups in the Syrian Civil War, as well as being a member of the Syrian National Council. His election took place in the second round of voting of a three days meeting organized by the Coalition in order to renew its board. He obtained 55 votes, three more than his rival Mustafa Sabbagh, who was supported by Qatar. According to a July 2013 article in The Economist, "there is little reason to believe he will wield more influence than his predecessor, Moaz al-Khatib."
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25 October 1969 (age 55) Qamishli, Syria
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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