Fouad Mebazaa
Fouad Mebazaa ( Arabic فؤاد المبزع, DMG Fuʾād al-Mubazzaʿ ; * June 15, 1933 in Tunis ) is a Tunisian politician . From 2009 until the fall of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, he was President of the Tunisian House of Representatives and from January 15, 2011 to December 12, 2011 acting head of state of Tunisia .
Youth, education and family
After attending high school in Tunis, Mebazaa studied law and political science in Paris . He holds a university degree as a law and economics license . He then worked in the private sector and in the National Security Bureau, which he headed between 1965 and 1967.
Political party
In 1954 he was a member of the Cellule Neo-Destour of the Aix - Marseille ( France ) region, and in 1955 he was general secretary of this party in La Marsa . In 1956 he was President of the Cellule constitutionnelle in Montpellier , in 1964 a member of the Central Committee of the Parti Socialiste Démocrate (PSD) and from 1974 to 1981 a member of the Politburo of this party. In 1988 he was an elected member of the Central Committee of the Constitutional Democratic Collection (RCD), re-elected in 1993. In 1997 he became a member of the RCD Politburo. He has since resigned from the RCD.
MP
Mebazaa had been a member of the Tunisian parliament since 1964. In 2009 he was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies of the bicameral parliament.
Public offices
In 1969, Mebazaa was elected mayor of Tunis, an office he held until 1973.
On November 30, 1973, he was sworn in as Minister of Sport and Youth in President Habib Bourguiba's cabinet. After five years, on September 13, 1978, he took over the management of the Ministry of Health as Minister. After just over a year, on November 7, 1979, he became Minister of Culture and Information. He stayed there for two years, until January 2, 1981.
Between 1981 and 1986 Mebazaa served as Tunisia's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva . From 1986 to 1987 he was also his country's ambassador to Morocco . Most recently, between October 27 and November 7, 1987, he took over the Tunisian Ministry of Sport for a short time again.
From 1975 to 1980 he was mayor of La Marsa . In 1995 Mebazaa was elected mayor of Carthage , an office he held until 1998.
President
Article 57 of the Tunisian Constitution stipulates that the President of the Tunisian Parliament shall take over his office if the President is permanently absent. After the unrest in Tunisia in January 2011 and the resignation of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali , Fouad Mebazaa was sworn in as President of Tunisia on January 15, 2011 by order of the Constitutional Court. Mohamed Ghannouchi had previously taken over the official business for a short time. As interim president, Mebazaa prepared the new elections.
Web links
- Resume. (PDF) In: apf.francophonie.org. Archived from the original on January 24, 2011 ; Retrieved January 17, 2011 (French).
- Wolfgang Günter Lerch: Support of the previous society. Portrait: Fouad Mebazaa. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 17, 2011, accessed January 17, 2011 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Marzouki new President of Tunisia. Retrieved December 12, 2011 .
- ^ Ghannouchi Party . Time online , accessed September 11, 2012
- ↑ cf. State of emergency in Tunisia - Transitional President appointed at faz.net, January 15, 2011 (accessed January 15, 2011)
- ^ French Tunisie: Mebazaa président par intérim . Agence France-Presse, January 15, 2011
Habib Bourguiba | Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali | Mohamed Ghannouchi (acting) | Fouad Mebazaa (interim) | Moncef Marzouki (interim) | Beji Caid Essebsi | Mohamed Ennaceur (interim) | Quays Saied
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mebazaa, Fouad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mbazaa, Fouad; Mebazaa, Foued |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tunisian diplomat and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tunis |