Brig Gen Jamal Arab Yusuf Jibril (Arabic: جمال عرب يوسف) is a Somali politician and military official who was served as Director of the Puntland TV and Radio,[1] He was appointed and replaces Abdiqafar Elmi Hange as the Puntland Minister of Planning and succeeded by Mohamed Said Farole.

[7] On July 2, 2016, the president Abdiweli Gaas, issued a presidential decree and appointed Jamal Arab as Director of the Puntland TV and Radio and he was succeeded by Abdifatah Nur Ashkir.

[13][14][15][16] On March 30, 2022, Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni appointed him Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, succeeding Minister Abdiqafar Elmi Hange, who was elected as a member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia.

[17][18][19][20] On September 23, 2022, Jamal Arab was appointed director of the Puntland Intelligence Agency, succeeding Mukhtar Mohamed Hassan Geti [21] and was promoted as the rank of brigadier general (Somali: Sareeye Guuto) by President Deni.

[22][23][24][25][26] After Mohamed Said Farole was appointed on September 23, 2022, as his successor in the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, he vacated and transferred the office on October 5, 2022.