Abdelhamid Escheikh
Abdelhamid Escheikh ( Arabic عبد الحميد الشيخ, DMG ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd aš-Šaiḫ ; * March 10, 1935 in Tunis ; † November 4, 1999 ibid) was a Tunisian general , diplomat and politician of the Socialist Destur Party who was Chief of Staff of the Army , Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces , several times Ambassador and between 1988 and 1990 Foreign Minister .
Life
Escheikh began studying law after attending school and joined the newly established armed forces after Tunisia gained independence from France in 1956 . After graduating from Saint-Cyr Military School, he found employment as an army officer . He later graduated from the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) of the US Army in Fort Leavenworth between 1965 and 1966 and the École supérieure de guerre from 1970 to 1972 . Most recently he was Chief of Staff of the Army and then Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces until 1981 and was promoted as such to the youngest Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces.
In 1981 Escheikh retired from active military service and entered the diplomatic service. First, he served from 1981 to 1986 Ambassador in Sudan , and then from 1986 to 1987 as an ambassador in Senegal and as such was at the same time in one person as Ambassador to Guinea and in Mali accredited . Subsequently, as the successor to Fouad Mebazaa from April 12 until his replacement by Hamouda Ben Slama on July 27, 1988, he was first Minister for Youth and Sport in Prime Minister Hédi Baccouche's cabinet and then Ambassador to Algeria for a few months . On November 7, 1988, he replaced Mahmoud Mestiri as foreign minister and held this ministerial office until March 3, 1990, whereupon Ismail Khelil was his successor. On March 3, 1990, he himself took over the post of Interior Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Hamed Karoui as the successor to Chédli Neffati and held this position until he was replaced by Abdallah Kallel on February 17, 1991.
After Escheikh was ambassador to France from 1991 to 1996, he last acted as chairman of the special committee for the organization of the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis from 1996 until his death .
Web links
- Entry in rulers.org
- Tunisia: Foreign Ministers
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| SURNAME | Escheikh, Abdelhamid |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | عبد الحميد الشيخ (Arabic); Abd al-Hamid al-Shaykh (alternative spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tunisian Lieutenant General, diplomat and politician of the Socialist Destur Party |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tunis |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1999 |
| Place of death | Tunis |