Ali Zouaoui (; November 10, 1925 – February 18, 1972) was 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 economist and politician.

Career

He was a member of an old family which hailed from

Hajeb El Ayoun Hajeb El Ayoun () is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 9,648. It is also the capital of a district of 35,403 inhabitants. The Mayor is Hassen Zaïdi, and the post code is 3160. Geograph ...

, and studied law and economics in

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. He was the chairman of

Espérance Sportive de Tunis Espérance Sportive de Tunis (), known as ES Tunis or simply EST for short, is a Tunisian professional sports club founded on 15 January 1919 in the Bab Souika neighborhood of Tunis. Its football (soccer), football section has competed in th ...

from 1968 to 1970. Then, he served as the governor of the

Central Bank of Tunisia The Central Bank of Tunisia (, , BCT) is the central bank of Tunisia. The bank is in Tunis and its current governor is Marouane Abassi, who replaced Chedly Ayari on 16 February 2018. History Tunisia gained independence in 1956. The Central Ban ...

from 1970 to 1972; in the latter year he was killed in a traffic accident.

Personal life

He married Soufiya Belkhodja, sister of the painter Néjib Belkhodja and daughter of Tunisian craftsmen, then Arlette Ravalec. He had two daughters and a son. He is the grandfather of the actress,

Dorra Zarrouk Dorra Ibrahim Zarrouk (; born 13 January 1980) is a Tunisian actress living in Egypt. Early life Dorra was born in Tunis, her father was Ibrahim Zarrouk and her maternal grandfather, Ali Zouaoui, was an economist and politician. Dorra had a B ...

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*''Revue tunisienne de sciences sociales'', 1967 People from Kairouan Governorate Tunisian economists Tunisian politicians Road incident deaths in Tunisia 1925 births 1972 deaths 20th-century economists Governors of the Central Bank of Tunisia Carthage High Commercial Studies Institute alumni {{Tunisia-politician-stub