{{Expand French|Ahmad Jarba|date=September 2016|topic=gov}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{short description|Syrian politician (born 1969)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ahmad Jarba | image = Sheikh Ahmad al-Assi al-Jarba.jpg | office = President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces | prime_minister = Ghassan Hitto {{small|(Acting)}}<br />Ahmad Tu'mah | term_start = 6 July 2013 | term_end = 12 July 2014 | predecessor = George Sabra {{small|(Acting)}} | successor = Hadi al-Bahra<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/syrian-opposition-body-elects-new-president-2014793458830884.html|title=Syrian opposition body elects new president |agency=Reuters|date=9 July 2014|accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref> | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1969|9|15|df=y}}}}<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2013/08/201381131316692891.html Ahmad al-Jarba: 'Al-Assad will not win']</ref> | birth_place = Qamishli, Syria | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Beirut Arab University | party = Syria's Tomorrow Movement }} '''Ahmad Jarba''' ({{langx|ar|أحمد عوينان العاصي الجربا}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etilaf.org/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81/%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%A6%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7.html |title=أحمد عوينان الجربا |date=2012 |publisher=Syrian National Coalition |language=Arabic |accessdate=16 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716144924/http://www.etilaf.org/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81/%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%A6%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7.html |archivedate=16 July 2015 }}</ref>), born in the city of Qamishli in 1969, is a Syrian opposition member<ref>[http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/13092016 Rudaw. Middle East]</ref> and former political prisoner.<ref name="econ">{{Cite news|title=Better than the one before?|url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21581784-different-man-faces-same-problems-better-one|agency=The Economist|date=13 July 2013|accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref> 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,<ref name="Syrian National Coalition Elects New President">{{Cite news|title=Syrian National Coalition facing splits over new president|url=http://www.aawsat.net/2014/07/article55334161|agency=Asharq Al-Awsat|date=12 July 2014|access-date=12 July 2014|archive-date=2 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902223252/http://www.aawsat.net/2014/07/article55334161|url-status=dead}}</ref> which is the main coalition of opposition groups in the Syrian Civil War, as well as being a member of the Syrian National Council.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Who's who: Ahmad Assi Jarba|url=http://www.syrianobserver.com/Opposition/Opp_Who/Whos+Who+Ahmad+Assi+Jarba|agency=The Syrian Observer|date=12 July 2013|accessdate=9 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517114534/http://www.syrianobserver.com/Opposition/Opp_Who/Whos+Who+Ahmad+Assi+Jarba|archive-date=17 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name="econ"/> A July 2013 article in The Economist commented that "there is little reason to believe he will wield more influence than his predecessor, Moaz al-Khatib."<ref name="econ"/> Jarba was re-elected on 5 January 2014, with 65 votes, defeating his only opponent Riyad Farid Hijab by 13 votes.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Syria opposition re-elects Jarba as leader|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/01/06/Ahmad-Jarba-named-new-Syrian-National-Coalition-leader-.html|agency=Al Arabiya|date=6 January 2014|accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref>
Jarba is the president of the Syria's Tomorrow Movement, a member of the Shammar tribe.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23229258|title = Profile: Ahmad Jarba, Syrian opposition leader|work = BBC News|date = 8 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/09/syria-kurdish-self-rule-tomorrow-movement-opposition-deal.html|title = Unlikely partners join forces to lead by example in Syria - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East| date=30 September 2016 }}</ref>
On 13 September Ahmad Jarba met with the leader of the Movement for a Democratic Society, representing the de facto autonomous administration of the Federation of Northern Syria - Rojava, in order to form an agreement to participate in the governing of northeastern Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alghadalsoury.com/2016/09/11/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7/|title=Syrian tomorrow and self-management stream are calling for a dialogue under the auspices of Syrian Arabic|work=Syria's Tomorrow|date=11 September 2016}}</ref> They issued a joint statement that "the monist powers insisting on one party, one flag and one nation are doomed to fail, and peoples are trying to realize their dreams for a democratic, pluralist and united Syria."<ref name=ANF>{{cite web|url=http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/agreement-for-the-future-of-syria|title=Agreement for the future of Syria|publisher=ANF|date=11 September 2016|accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref> By extension his forces, the al-Nukhbat Brigade, also joined the Syrian Democratic Forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BosnjoBoy/status/711962289881149440|title=Bosno Sinj|work=Twitter|accessdate=8 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agathocledesyracuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Hasakah-28-April-2016.jpg |title=South Hasakah/North Deir Ezzor situation on April 28, 2016 |work=agathocledesyracuse.com |date=28 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531055656/http://www.agathocledesyracuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Hasakah-28-April-2016.jpg |archivedate=31 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/567033-new-rebel-force-battling-isis-in-northeast-syria|title=New rebel force battling ISIS in northeast Syria|first=Albin|last=Szakola|publisher=|accessdate=19 June 2016|archive-date=27 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527154651/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/567033-new-rebel-force-battling-isis-in-northeast-syria|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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