Habib Chatti or Habib Chatty (9 August 1916 – 6 March 1991) 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 politician and diplomat. He served as the fourth Secretary-General of the

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC; ; ), formerly the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, is an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1969. It consists of Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, 57 member s ...

(OIC) from 1979 to 1984.

Biography

Habib Chatti was born on 9 August 1916 in

M'saken M'saken ( ''Msākan''; also spelled ''Masakin'', ''Msaken'') is a town in north-eastern Tunisia, close to Sousse. Etymology The origin of the word comes from "Msaken" masken (plural masken) meaning "habitat", "house" or "dwelling". This ref ...

, Tunisia. He began his career as a journalist in the 1930s and became the chief editor of '' Assabah''. In 1955, Chatti was appointed chief information officer in prime minister Tahar Ben Ammar's government. In 1972, he became President

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 ...

's chief of staff. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1974 to 1977. In 1979, he became the fourth Secretary-General of the OIC, and held the position until 1984. Chatti died on 6 March 1991 in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chatti, Habib 1916 births 1991 deaths People from Sousse Governorate Tunisian diplomats Organisation of Islamic Cooperation officials Foreign ministers of Tunisia