Abdelkarim Harouni (; born 17 December 1960) is a
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
n politician. He serves as the
Minister of Transport
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under
Prime Minister
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Hamadi Jebali
Hamadi Jebali (, '; born 12 January 1949) is a Tunisian engineer, politician, and journalist who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013. He was the Secretary-General of the Ennahda Movement, a moderate Islamic party in Tun ...
.
[Sana Ajmi]
Abdelkarim Harouni
, ''Tunisia Live'',
Biography
Early life
Abdelkarim Harouni was born on December 17, 1960, in
La Marsa
La Marsa ( ') is a coastal city located in the northeastern part of Tunisia, situated along the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Tunis Governorate and has a population of around 100,000 people. The city is known for its beaches, upscale resid ...
.
Politics
He was a founding member and twice Secretary General of the
students' union
A students' union or student union, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, organizat ...
Union Générale des Etudiants de Tunisie (UGET).
He also served as Secretary General of the Freedom and Justice Association.
In 1990, he became the editor of ''
al Fajr
''Al Fajr'' () is an independent daily newspaper published in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1974 the daily is one of the oldest publications in the country.
History and profile
''Al Fajr'' was launched by Obaid Humaid Al Mazrooei ...
'', the flagship publication of the
Ennahda Movement
The Ennahda Movement (; ), also known as the Renaissance Party or simply known as Ennahda, is a self-defined Islamic democratic political party in Tunisia.
Founded as the Movement of Islamic Tendency in 1981, Ennahda was inspired by the Egypti ...
.
He was arrested in 1990, and sentenced to prison in 1992.
He was tortured and subjected to
solitary confinement
Solitary confinement (also shortened to solitary) is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single Prison cell, cell with little or no contact with other people. It is a punitive tool used within the prison system to ...
.
He was released on November 7, 2007, but he still fell prey to the police's intimidation and harassment.
On 20 December 2011, he joined the
Jebali Cabinet
The first cabinet of Tunisian Head of Government Hamadi Jebali was presented on 20 December 2011. Jebali has been appointed by interim President Moncef Marzouki, who had been elected by the National Constituent Assembly
A constituent assemb ...
as Minister of Transportation.
He was a member of the
Constituent Assembly of Tunisia
The Constituent Assembly of Tunisia, or National Constituent Assembly (NCA) was the body in charge of devising a new Constitution of Tunisia, Tunisian constitution for the era after the fall of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his Constitut ...
until he resigned in April 2012.
''Business News'', 12/04/2012
References
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1960 births
Living people
Transport ministers of Tunisia
People from La Marsa
Ennahda politicians
Tunisian Muslims
Members of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia
Tunis El Manar University alumni