Ziad Lakhdhar is 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. He is the secretary-general of the

Democratic Patriots' Movement The Democratic Patriots' Unified Party (), formerly the Democratic Patriots' Movement, is a communist party in Tunisia. Established in 1981, the movement was only legalised in 2011 after the Tunisian Revolution. The movement primarily advocates ...

(DPM) and a prominent leader of the Popular Front, a left-wing coalition of opposition parties and movements.The National Congress Against Violence And Terrorism
. ''The Tunis Times''. 2013-06-18. He succeeded

Chokri Belaid Chokri Belaïd (; 26 November 1964 – 6 February 2013), also transliterated as Shokri Belaïd, was a Tunisian politician and lawyer who was an opposition leader with the left-secular Democratic Patriots' Movement. Belaïd was a vocal crit ...

, who was assassinated on 6 February 2013, as secretary-general of the DPM.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lakhdhar, Ziad Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Popular Front (Tunisia) politicians African democratic socialists Tunisian Arab nationalists