Faten Kallel (

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: فاتن قلال), is a

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n politician who serves as the Secretary of State, Ministry of Youth and Sports since 27 August 2016. She is a member of the political party

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Education

Faten Kallel holds a master's degree in

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from IHEC Carthage and an

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from the University of Paris-Dauphine.

Professional and political career

Faten is a management consultant. She worked for several consulting firms in

such as

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and

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. Then, she joined the Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation in February 2015 and she worked as a responsible for the organization and administrative reforms. After that, Faten joined the program Smart Tunisia. On August 20, 2016, and after the appointment of

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, she was appointed Secretary of State to the Ministry of Youth and Sports as a responsible for Youth. Kallel was named early 2017 by the

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as a Young Global Leaders.

References

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