Majdouline Cherni (born 21 February 1981) is a Tunisian architect and politician who was Minister of Youth and Sports from 2016 to 2018.
Early life and education
Cherni was born on 21 February 1981 in
Menzel Bourguiba
Menzel Bourguiba (), formerly known as Ferryville, is a town located in the extreme north of Tunisia, about from Tunis, in the Bizerte Governorate.
Toponymy
The town's name translates as "House of Bourguiba", as it was named after the first ...
in the
Bizerte Governorate
Bizerte Governorate ( ' ; ) is the northernmost of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is in northern Tunisia, approximately rectangular and having a long north coast. It covers an area of 3,750 km2 including two large lakes, one coastal hen ...
. She studied architecture in
El Kef
El Kef ( '), also known as ''Le Kef'', is a city in northwestern Tunisia. It serves as the capital of the Kef Governorate.
El Kef is situated to the west of Tunis and some east of the border between Algeria and Tunisia. It has a population of ...
.
Career
Cherni worked in
vocational training
Vocational education is education that prepares people for a Skilled worker, skilled craft. Vocational education can also be seen as that type of education given to an individual to prepare that individual to be gainfully employed or self em ...
centres and architectural design offices before becoming chair of the Chamber of Businesswoman of Kef and appointed as a delegate to the
Manouba Governorate
Manouba Governorate ( ' ; ) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia and is in inland, northern Tunisia. It has a population of 379,518 (as of the 2014 census),Free Patriotic Union
The Free Patriotic Union (; ), known by its French acronym UPL, is a political party in Tunisia.
History and profile
Established in May 2011 as ''Union patriotique libérale'' and renamed to ''Union patriotique libre'' in June 2011, the party w ...
for Kef in the 2011 election.
On 23 January 2015, Cherni was appointed Secretary of State in charge of the Dossier of the Martyrs and Wounded of the
Revolution
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in the cabinet of Habib Essid. Her role included providing "moral and material assistance" to families. On 20 August 2016, she was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports in the
cabinet
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Furniture
* Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers
* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filin ...
of
Youssef Chahed
Youssef Chahed (; born 18 September 1975) is a Tunisian politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Tunisia from 27 August 2016 to 27 February 2020. He served as Secretary of State for Fisheries and Minister of Local Affairs in the past ...
. She has been responsible for organising youth forums to seek to restore the confidence of young people in Tunisia's state institutions. In late 2016, several photos posted on the minister's Facebook page were digitally altered to cover her knees.
She was replaced as Minister of Youth and Sports by in the cabinet reshuffle of November 2018.
Personal life
Cherni's brother Socrate was a lieutenant in the
Tunisian National Guard
The Tunisian National Guard (, ) is the national gendarmerie force of the Republic of Tunisia and separated from the Tunisian Armed Forces.
History
During the French protectorate of Tunisia, the French national gendarmerie was tasked to maint ...
who was killed in the
battle
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