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Ministry Of Defence (Tunisia)
The Ministry of National Defence () is a government ministry office of the Republic of Tunisia, responsible for coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the Tunisian Armed Forces. Since 2021, the Minister of National Defence has been Imed Memmich. List of ministers This is a list of defence ministers of Tunisia. *1956–1957: Habib Bourguiba *1957–1966: Bahi Ladgham *1966–1968: Ahmed Mestiri *1968: Bahi Ladgham *1968–1969: Mohammed Mzali *1969–1970: Beji Caid Essebsi *1970–1971: Hassib Ben Ammar *1971–1972: Béchir M'hedhbi *1972–1974: Abdallah Farhat *1974–1976: Hédi Khefacha *1976–1979: Abdallah Farhat *1979–1980: Rachid Sfar *1980–1988: Slaheddine Baly *1988–1991: Abdallah Kallel *1991: Habib Boularès *1991–1996: Abdelaziz Ben Dhia *1996–1997: Abdallah Kallel *1997–1999: Habib Ben Yahia *1999–2001: Mohamed Jegham *2001–2004: Dali Jazi *2004–2005: Hédi ...
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Tunis
Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casablanca and Algiers) and the List of largest cities in the Arab world, eleventh-largest in the Arab world. Situated on the Gulf of Tunis, behind the Lake of Tunis and the port of La Goulette (Ḥalq il-Wād), the city extends along the coastal plain and the hills that surround it. At its core lies the Medina of Tunis, Medina, a World Heritage Site. East of the Medina, through the Sea Gate (also known as the ''Bab el Bhar'' and the ''Porte de France''), begins the modern part of the city called "Ville Nouvelle", traversed by the grand Avenue Habib Bourguiba (often referred to by media and travel guides as "the Tunisian Champs-Élysées"), where the colonial-era buildings provide a clear contrast to smaller, older structures. Further east by th ...
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Farhat Horchani
Farhat Horchani is a Tunisian politician. He served as Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Youssef Chahed Youssef Chahed (; born 18 September 1975) is a Tunisian politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Tunisia from 27 August 2016 to 27 February 2020. He served as Secretary of State for Fisheries and Minister of Local Affairs in the past .... References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Tunisian politicians Justice ministers of Tunisia Defence ministers of Tunisia {{Tunisia-politician-stub ...
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Ghazi Jeribi
Ghazi Jeribi is a Tunisian politician. He served as Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa. He also served as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Youssef Chahed Youssef Chahed (; born 18 September 1975) is a Tunisian politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Tunisia from 27 August 2016 to 27 February 2020. He served as Secretary of State for Fisheries and Minister of Local Affairs in the past .... References Living people Politicians from Tunis 21st-century Tunisian politicians Justice ministers of Tunisia Defence ministers of Tunisia Religious affairs ministers of Tunisia Year of birth missing (living people) Tunisian judges {{Tunisia-politician-stub ...
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Rachid Sabbagh
Rachid Sabbagh () is an independent Tunisian politician who joined the Ali Laarayedh cabinet in 2013 as defense minister A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid .... References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) University of Ez-Zitouna alumni Defence ministers of Tunisia 21st-century Tunisian politicians Tunisian judges {{Tunisia-politician-stub ...
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Abdelkarim Zbidi
Abdelkrim Zbidi (born 25 June 1950 in Rejiche) is a Tunisian politician. Biography He holds a doctorate of medicine from the University Claude Bernard of Lyon, a master's degree in human physiology and functional exploitations, a master's degree in human pharmacology, a diploma of advanced studies in human physiology and a degree in studies and research in human biology. He became coordinator of the training of senior health technicians at the faculty of medicine of Sousse between 1981 and 1988; He also held several positions at the Faculty: Head of the Department of Basic Sciences from 1982 to 1989 and Professor of Hospital and University from 1987. He is also Head of Department of Functional Investigations at Farhat-Hached Hospital in Sousse between 1990 and 1999. He is responsible from 1992 for missions of expertise in the field of medical applications of the nuclear power at the International Atomic Energy Agency. He chairs the College of Physiology and Functional Explo ...
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Ridha Grira
Ridha Grira (born 1955) is a Tunisian politician. He is a former Minister of National Defense.'Key figures in new Tunisia government', BBC News, 18 January 201/ref> Biography Ridha Grira was born on August 21, 1955, in Sousse, Tunisia. He attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and he received an MPhil in Chemical Engineering from the École centrale Paris in 1974. He also studied Law, Economics and Management at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. He also graduated from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration. In 1991, he became CEO of the Banque Tuniso-Libyenne. From 1992 to 1999, he worked as General Secretary of the Government. He then worked as Minister of State Properties and the Land Affairs. In January 2010, he became Minister of National Defense. In the aftermath of the 2010–2011 Tunisian protests, he was reappointed by Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi. He sits on the board of the Constitutional Democratic Rally ...
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Kamel Morjane
Kamel Morjane, also spelled Kemal Mourjan, (; born 9 May 1948) is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Defense from 2005 to 2010 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011. After the Tunisian Revolution, he was designated as the Minister of the Public Service. Life and political career Morjane was born in Hammam Sousse, Tunisia on 9 May 1948. After getting his Bachelor of Law degree and his diploma of Public Administration (ENA) from the University of Tunis, he studied International law and graduated from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. He obtained a diploma in Emergency management from the University of Wisconsin and a research certificate from The Hague Academy of International Law. He worked at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1977 to 1996, and served particularly as Director of Personnel (1988–89), Director for South West Asia North Africa and the Middle East (1990–94), th ...
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Hédi M'henni
Hédi M'henni (; 24 December 1942 – 9 July 2024) was a Tunisian politician. He served as minister of the interior (2002–2004) and minister of defence Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense indust ... (2004–2005). M'henni died on 9 July 2024, at the age of 81. References 1942 births 2024 deaths 21st-century Tunisian politicians Interior ministers of Tunisia Defence ministers of Tunisia {{Tunisia-politician-stub ...
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Dali Jazi
Dali Jazi (Arabic: الدالي الجازي / ALA-LC: ''ad-Dālī al-Jāzī''; December 7, 1942 – March 9, 2007) was a Tunisian politician, jurist, and political scientist. He studied at Panthéon-Assas University. He served variously as minister of defense, minister with responsibility for human rights, minister of health, and minister of higher education, under president Zine el-Abidine ben Ali A zine ( ; short for ''magazine'' or ''fanzine'') is, as noted on Merriam-Webster’s official website, a magazine that is a “noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jazi Defence ministers of Tunisia Health ministers of Tunisia Higher education ministers of Tunisia Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni Socialist Destourian Party politicians Ambassadors of Tunisia to Austria Ambassadors of Tunisia to Hungary United Nations Industrial Development Organiza ...
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Mohamed Jegham
Mohamed Jegham (), (born August 8, 1943 in Hammam Sousse), is a Tunisian politician and businessman. Biography Youth Mohamed Jegham's father died when he was two and mother died when he was an adult.Ridha Kefi, "Mohamed Jegham: Accumulation of the Republic?''"Jeune Afrique,'' April 24, 2001
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Habib Ben Yahia
Habib Ben Yahia (born 30 July 1938 in Tunis) is a Tunisian politician. Career From 1991 he served his first term as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia until January 1997 when he became defense minister. He served in that position until he became foreign minister for the second time in November 1999. He remained foreign minister until November 2004, when he left the government following a cabinet reshuffle. In January 2006 he was designated to be the secretary-general of the Arab Maghreb Union The Arab Maghreb Union ( '; AMU/UMA) is a political union and economic union trade agreement aiming for economic and future political unity among Arab countries that are located primarily in the Maghreb in North Africa. Its members are the natio .... He held this role until 2016. Imprisonment Habib Ben Yahia was sentenced to five-years in prison in March 2017 for power abuse. References 1938 births Living people Tunis University alumni Columbia University alumni Foreign ...
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