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Ismaïl Khelil (11 July 1932 – 20 November 2017) was a Tunisian politician.


Biography

After studying at the University of Grenoble, where he obtained a license, he worked as a secretary at the Tunisian embassy in Rome from 1957 to 1960 and then as an advisor at the Tunisian embassy in Washington until 1964. He then became mayor of Gafsa (1966–1969) and ambassador of Tunisia in London (1969–1972) and Brussels (1972–1978), then director general of international cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1978–1979). He also directed the airline
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between 1979 and 1980 and joined the World Bank as executive director between 1980 and 1984. He occupied the functions of Minister of Planning between 18 June 1983 and 27 October 1987 and
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between 8 July 1986 and 27 October 1987, in a difficult economic climate caused by the indebtedness then known the country. He hands over his portfolios following a government reshuffle initiated by the new Prime Minister
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. He was then appointed governor of the
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, a position he retains upon Ben Ali's accession to the presidency of the Tunisia until 3 March 1990.https://www.bct.gov.tn/bct/siteprod/documents/Conseil_06_fr.pdf He then briefly served as minister of finance. Foreign Affairs from 3 March to 28 August 1990. He then became Ambassador of Tunisia to the United States on 6 March 1991. After completing his responsibilities in Washington in 1994, he worked in the private sector, as an adviser to Amen Bank and as chairman of the board of the Mediterranean Insurance and Reinsurance Company. In Washington, he was elected member of the
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.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khelil, Ismail 1932 births 2017 deaths People from Gafsa Governorate Grenoble Alpes University alumni Socialist Destourian Party politicians Foreign ministers of Tunisia Finance ministers of Tunisia Planning ministers of Tunisia Governors of the Central Bank of Tunisia Mayors of Gafsa Ambassadors of Tunisia to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Tunisia to Belgium Ambassadors of Tunisia to the United States Ambassadors of Tunisia to Germany