Bechir Tekkari is a Tunisian

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. He is the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.CIA World Leaders
Prior to this, he was the Minister of Justice and Human Rights.

Biography

Bechir Tekkari was born in Ksibet Mediouni,

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in 1952.Business News
/ref> He studied law at the

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, then received an MPhil in Law and Political Science. He received a PhD in 1983 and the

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in 1984. He also received a degree from the

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and from the Institut de Presse et des Sciences de l'Information at

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. He has taught at the

and served as the Dean of the Law School at the

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. In 2002, he was appointed as Minister of Justice and Human Rights. In 2010, he became the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. He is a board member of the

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References

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