Abdelwahab Abdallah (; born 14 February 1940) is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia and was advisor to the President.

Early life

Abdallah was born in Monastir, Tunisia on 14 February 1940.

Career

Before

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Tunisian Arabic: , ; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician who served as the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. In that year, during the Tun ...

was elected the president in 1987, Abdallah was the

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under

Habib Bourguiba Habib Bourguiba (3 August 19036 April 2000) was a Tunisian politician and statesman who served as the Head of Government of Tunisia, prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia from 1956 to 1957, and then as the first president of Tunisia from 1 ...

. Abdallah was in office until 1988. From 1988 to 1990 he served as the Ambassador of Tunisia to

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. As a member of

Constitutional Democratic Rally The Democratic Constitutional Rally or Democratic Constitutional Assembly ( ', , sometimes also called Constitutional Democratic Rally in English), also referred to by its French initials RCD, was a political party in Tunisia. Including its pred ...

, he was a close aid to the president of Tunisia since 1990 on economic issues. and led several Tunisian press agencies. He became foreign minister in a cabinet reshuffle on 17 August 2005. His successor,

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 appointed Foreign Minister of Tunisia by President Ben Ali on 14 January 2010. Following Tunisian protests in 2010-2011, he was removed from his post on 13 January 2011. Abdallah was subsequently put under house arrest on 24 January 2011 while the investigations are ongoing.

Personal life

Abdallah's wife, Alya Abdallah, was appointed president of Banque de Tunisie (BT) in April 2008.

References

1940 births Living people University of Paris alumni Ambassadors of Tunisia to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Tunisia to Ireland Foreign ministers of Tunisia Information ministers of Tunisia Democratic Constitutional Rally politicians {{Tunisia-politician-stub